Slaten
Slaten is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Doug Slaten (1980–2016), American baseball player Justin Slaten, American baseball player Troy Slaten, American actor and attorney
Meaning & Origin of Slaten
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Slaten is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Doug Slaten (1980–2016), American baseball player Justin Slaten, American baseball player Troy Slaten, American actor and attorney
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The Story of Slaten
The earliest SSA record of Slaten as a baby boy name dates back to 1996, when 5 babies received it. 2010 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Slaten — #9,690 in the national rankings. About 45% of every Slaten on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Slaten last appeared in the published SSA data in 2010, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 22 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Slaten
Slaten is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1996 and has accumulated 22 births in the dataset. Slaten's peak popularity came in 2010 when it ranked #9,690. Use the chart and map above to compare Slaten's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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