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 1945
Top boys' names in 1945
More about 1945
boys
1,345,855 boys got a published name in 1945; 1 in 24,923 of them was named Lafayette, which outranked 77.5% of the 3,783 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).