In the entire world, Kates (Kates 
, Кейтс 
, 凯茨) is a rare unisex forename. The first name Kates is characteristic of Philippines, where it is a very rare principally feminine, but scarcely masculine name, Indonesia, where it is a very rare boy's name, and the United States, where it is an extremely rare epicene name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in India, Philippines, and Indonesia. More frequently, Kates is the last name as well as the forename.