How Many People Are Named Lafayette?
people named Lafayette are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 147,130 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,882 babies named Lafayette in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
86 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Lafayette (99.5%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lafayette alive today is about 50 years old, and 44% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 34 and 67 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lafayette first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1921, to 86 babies. In 2025, 7 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lafayette has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #326, in 1886. In 2025 it ranked #10,258.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #10,258 |
| Best rank | #326 (1886) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #904 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lafayette alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lafayette were born in California than in any other state: about 153 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lafayette was given 5.2 times as often in North Carolina, 4.2 times in Alabama and 3.1 times in Georgia.
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