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.
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 1934
Top girls' names in 1934
Top boys' names in 1934
More about 1934
girls
1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 208,845 of them was named Lafayette, which outranked 13.8% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 687 names at #4,286; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 14,544 of them was named Lafayette, which outranked 82.8% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #722Emmitt72
- #722Taylor72
- #722Theadore72
- #725Lafayette71
- #725Bryce71
- #725Lawerence71
- #725Seth71
- #730Burt70
- #730Fritz70
- #730Wardell70
Tied with 4 names at #725; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.