Lafayette
Last seen for girls in 1974 at #7,680 · #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1886 · 27 births
- Debut · boys
- 22 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,861since 1880
Lafayette over time
Rank among boys' names. Lafayette has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2024 | — | #8,987 | 8 | |
| 2023 | — | #7,738 | 10 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,147 | 14 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,776 | 15 | |
| 2020 | — | #7,034 | 11 | |
| 2019 | — | #7,643 | 10 | |
| 2018 | — | #5,770 | 15 | |
| 2017 | — | #8,840 | 8 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,053 | 14 | |
| 2015 | — | #7,491 | 10 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,997 | 14 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,981 | 18 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,686 | 20 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,675 | 15 | |
| 2010 | — | #6,359 | 13 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,802 | 12 | |
| 2008 | — | #7,187 | 11 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,434 | 16 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,781 | 14 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,578 | 14 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,492 | 14 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,426 | 18 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,055 | 9 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,476 | 17 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,785 | 15 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,704 | 20 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,296 | 23 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,823 | 27 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,911 | 25 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,444 | 31 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,181 | 37 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,509 | 29 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,467 | 29 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,095 | 35 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,170 | 33 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,106 | 33 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,949 | 33 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,793 | 36 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,007 | 29 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,429 | 47 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,885 | 29 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,864 | 29 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,929 | 28 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,479 | 42 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,619 | 36 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,633 | 35 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,352 | 46 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,515 | 37 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,646 | 32 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,835 | 26 | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #1,311 | 42 |
| 1973 | — | #1,093 | 55 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,107 | 54 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,466 | 34 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,314 | 40 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,351 | 35 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,100 | 46 | |
| 1967 | — | #968 | 56 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,194 | 39 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,043 | 50 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,288 | 37 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,027 | 54 | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #996 | 59 |
| 1961 | — | #1,148 | 47 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,193 | 43 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,302 | 36 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,148 | 45 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,267 | 38 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,008 | 55 | |
| 1955 | — | #957 | 61 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,052 | 50 | |
| 1953 | — | #999 | 52 | |
| 1952 | — | #994 | 52 | |
| 1951 | — | #934 | 56 | |
| 1950 | — | #934 | 54 | |
| 1949 | — | #942 | 54 | |
| 1948 | — | #910 | 57 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,081 | 45 | |
| 1946 | — | #897 | 54 | |
| 1945 | — | #850 | 54 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,055 | 39 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,106 | 38 | |
| 1942 | — | #991 | 45 | |
| 1941 | — | #905 | 49 | |
| 1940 | — | #967 | 44 | |
| 1939 | — | #992 | 41 | |
| 1938 | — | #939 | 45 | |
| 1937 | — | #858 | 51 | |
| 1936 | — | #756 | 64 | |
| 1935 | — | #903 | 49 | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #725 | 71 |
| 1933 | — | #788 | 60 | |
| 1932 | — | #952 | 47 | |
| 1931 | — | #841 | 56 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,053 | 43 | |
| 1929 | — | #995 | 46 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,095 | 41 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,080 | 43 | |
| 1926 | — | #992 | 48 | |
| 1925 | — | #858 | 60 | |
| 1924 | — | #865 | 63 | |
| 1923 | — | #941 | 53 | |
| 1922 | — | #809 | 69 | |
| 1921 | — | #698 | 86 | |
| 1920 | — | #816 | 67 | |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | #839 | 61 |
| 1918 | — | #710 | 79 | |
| 1917 | — | #780 | 65 | |
| 1916 | — | #856 | 54 | |
| 1915 | — | #863 | 51 | |
| 1914 | — | #802 | 43 | |
| 1913 | — | #720 | 41 | |
| 1912 | — | #725 | 35 | |
| 1911 | — | #925 | 13 | |
| 1910 | — | #782 | 15 | |
| 1909 | — | #893 | 11 | |
| 1908 | — | #632 | 17 | |
| 1907 | — | #511 | 21 | |
| 1906 | — | #798 | 10 | |
| 1905 | — | #919 | 8 | |
| 1904 | — | #647 | 13 | |
| 1903 | — | #619 | 13 | |
| 1902 | — | #615 | 13 | |
| 1901 | — | #1,058 | 5 | |
| 1900 | — | #603 | 17 | |
| 1899 | — | #714 | 9 | |
| 1898 | — | #543 | 15 | |
| 1897 | — | #459 | 18 | |
| 1896 | — | #551 | 14 | |
| 1895 | — | #399 | 23 | |
| 1894 | — | #439 | 19 | |
| 1893 | — | #705 | 9 | |
| 1892 | — | #458 | 18 | |
| 1891 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1890 | — | #566 | 12 | |
| 1889 | — | #464 | 16 | |
| 1888 | — | #430 | 19 | |
| 1887 | — | #333 | 24 | |
| 1886 | — | #325 | 27 | |
| 1885 | — | #364 | 23 | |
| 1884 | — | #336 | 27 | |
| 1883 | — | #556 | 11 | |
| 1882 | — | #399 | 20 | |
| 1881 | — | #360 | 21 | |
| 1880 | — | #363 | 22 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Lafayette was already there! It came in at #363, and was given to 22 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1901, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Lafayette is popular in 1919
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#356 · 1 in 3,446
- Alabama#383 · 1 in 3,640
- South Carolina#386 · 1 in 4,055
- Oklahoma#403 · 1 in 3,756
Best ever in a state: #253 in Mississippi, 1914.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Georgia | #356 | 9 | 1 in 3,446 |
| Alabama | #383 | 7 | 1 in 3,640 |
| South Carolina | #386 | 5 | 1 in 4,055 |
| Oklahoma | #403 | 5 | 1 in 3,756 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Lafayette
- 727 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #9,714)
- 2,680 spots since 2020 (#7,034 → #9,714)
- 2,223 spots since 2015 (#7,491 → #9,714)
- Biggest jump: 443 spots in 1902 (#1,058 → #615)
- Biggest drop: 455 spots in 1901 (#603 → #1,058)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1886 at #325 (27 births)
- Births halved by 1890, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 70 yrs · run 1902–1926
- Highest: 1 in 4,103 boys born in 1886 were named Lafayette (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 11.8% of all boys named Lafayette (576) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 210 | #325 (1886) | #393 |
| 1890s | 145 | #399 (1895) | #553 |
| 1900s | 128 | #511 (1907) | #730 |
| 1910s | 457 | #710 (1918) | #800 |
| 1920s | 576 | #698 (1921) | #915 |
| 1930s | 527 | #725 (1934) | #881 |
| 1940s | 479 | #850 (1945) | #970 |
| 1950s | 499 | #934 (1951) | #1,060 |
| 1960s | 466 | #968 (1967) | #1,131 |
| 1970s | 401 | #1,093 (1973) | #1,427 |
| 1980s | 342 | #1,429 (1985) | #1,806 |
| 1990s | 289 | #2,095 (1991) | #2,660 |
| 2000s | 140 | #4,426 (2003) | #5,702 |
| 2010s | 137 | #4,686 (2012) | #6,350 |
| 2020s | 65 | #5,776 (2021) | #7,566 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Lafayette in 1919
Top girls' names in 1919
Top boys' names in 1919
More about 1919
girls
1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 226,023 of them was named Lafayette, which outranked 13.4% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 745 names at #4,814; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 16,068 of them was named Lafayette, which outranked 82.6% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).