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Across the world, Cate (Cate , 凯特 , ケイト , among others...) is quite a common primarily girly, but scarcely boy's first name. The given name Cate is habitual in Australia, where it is quite a rare feminine name, South Africa, where it is a rare feminine name, and Qatar. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Australia, the United States, and China. Also, Cate is the last name as well as the forename.
Cate is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Kate Kane , the DC Comics character, The Flash; Cate Hennessy , the character from 8 Simple Rules; Cate Archer , the video game character from the No One Lives Forever video game series, The Operative: No One Lives Forever; Kate Beckett , the fictional character in the crime series Castle and Kathryn Janeway , the fictional character from Star Trek: Voyager, and in many other works.