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 1962
Top girls' names in 1962
Top boys' names in 1962
More about 1962
girls
1,966,603 girls got a published name in 1962; 1 in 393,321 of them was named Lafayette, which outranked 13.3% of the 7,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,006 names at #6,578; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,068,772 boys got a published name in 1962; 1 in 35,064 of them was named Lafayette, which outranked 78.5% of the 4,631 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #984Logan60
- #984Michale60
- #984Rodrigo60
- #996Lafayette59
- #996Dwyane59
- #996Eliseo59
- #996King59
- #1,007Aurelio58
- #1,007Farrell58
- #1,007Foster58
Tied with 10 names at #996; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.