Lafayette
Lafayette was the 10262nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1886, when it ranked 326th; the most babies were born in 1921 (86). Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,447 places. More babies were named Lafayette in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #10,262 boys, down 2,964 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 7boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 192186 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,882babies recorded
Lafayette popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 21 since 1919.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,262 | 7 |
| 2020 | #7,298 | 11 |
| 2010 | #6,576 | 13 |
| 2000 | #4,936 | 15 |
| 1990 | #2,194 | 33 |
| 1980 | #1,644 | 36 |
| 1970 | #1,323 | 40 |
| 1960 | #1,200 | 43 |
| 1950 | #942 | 54 |
| 1940 | #976 | 44 |
| 1930 | #1,062 | 43 |
| 1920 | #821 | 67 |
| 1910 | #804 | 15 |
| 1900 | #610 | 17 |
| 1890 | #583 | 12 |
| 1880 | #368 | 22 |
How popular is Lafayette, counting every spelling?
Lafayette has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Lafayette?
7 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Lafayette (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Lafayette born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,224 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Lafayette.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Lafayette?
About 2,300 people born in the US named Lafayette are alive today, with a median age of 53; half are between 35 and 68. That makes Lafayette mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Lafayette: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Lafayette, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Lafayette
How popular is the name Lafayette?
Lafayette was the 10262nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1886, when it ranked 326th; the most babies were born in 1921 (86). Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,447 places. More babies were named Lafayette in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Lafayette a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Lafayette in the US.