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Slater

Slater: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“slate worker”
Origin
English
Say it
SLAY-ter · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys (97% of all uses)

English occupational surname for someone who roofs with slate or works with slate. Its use as a given name comes from surname transfer.

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How popular is Slater?

202436.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Slater in 2024120

2024 rank#1,538 boys

Peak year2022

Total US babies since 18802,279

Slater is rising: use over the last five years is 2.3× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Slater

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • JackGod is gracious · English
  • Hudsonson of Hudd · English
  • Jacksonson of Jack · English
  • Cartercart driver · English
  • Wyattbrave in war · English
  • Maverickindependent person · English
  • Masonstoneworker · English
  • Graysonson of the steward · English

Slater questions

What does the name Slater mean?

Slater means "slate worker". It comes from English. English occupational surname for someone who roofs with slate or works with slate. Its use as a given name comes from surname transfer.

Is Slater a boy or girl name?

Slater is mainly a boy's name in US records (98% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Slater?

120 US babies were named Slater in 2024. Its peak year was 2022.

How do you pronounce Slater?

Slater is usually pronounced SLAY-ter.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.