How Many People Are Named Fayette?
people named Fayette are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 916,313 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,022 babies named Fayette in Social Security records from 1880 to 2022, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
38 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Fayette, 90.2% were girls and 9.8% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Fayette rose from 33.8% in the 1910s to 95.2% in the 1960s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Fayette alive today is about 68 years old, and 79% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 61 and 76 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Fayette first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1923, to 38 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2022.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2022
🏆 Rank History
Fayette has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,482, in 1895. Among boys, its best rank was #669, in 1882.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,482 (1895) | #669 (1882) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,823 in the 1950s | #2,383 in the 1920s |
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