How Many People Are Named Yates?
An estimated 296 people in the United States have the first name Yates. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 28 years old, and Yates peaked in popularity in 1921 with 16 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Yates as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Yates paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
296
About 1 in 1,157,954 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
28
years old
Peak Year
1921
16 births
Total Registered
503
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Yates
Yates is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 503 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Yates as a male name
Ranked #5,866 in 2024
16 male births in 2024
Peak: 1921 (16 births)
Yates: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Yates span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 12 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 102 babies were registered. While Yates is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Yates by Decade
How has Yates tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Yates by State
Yates + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Yates as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Yates
Other first names starting with Y with a similar number of bearers.
Yates: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Yates?
We estimate approximately 296 people named Yates are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,157,954 Americans share this first name.
Is Yates a common name?
Yates is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 79.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 503 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Yates most popular?
Yates reached peak popularity in 1921, when 16 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Yates is approximately 28 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Yates a male name?
Yates is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Yates Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Yates Smith, Yates Johnson, Yates Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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