Lafayette is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1921 and has since faded.
Lafayette is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #10,262 for boy births in the United States (and #21,124 across all names), given to 7 babies. Lafayette was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1921 (86 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,262 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,500 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,032 |
| 2022 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,347 |
| 2021 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,919 |
| 2020 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,298 |
| 2019 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,968 |
| 2018 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,935 |
| 2017 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,356 |
| 2016 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,211 |
| 2015 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,815 |
| 2014 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,181 |
| 2013 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,089 |
| 2012 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,801 |
| 2011 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,841 |
| 2010 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,576 |
| 2009 | 12 | 12 | — | #7,065 |
| 2008 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,501 |
| 2007 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,578 |
| 2006 | 14 | 14 | — | #5,971 |
| 2005 | 14 | 14 | — | #5,760 |
| 2004 | 14 | 14 | — | #5,664 |
| 2003 | 18 | 18 | — | #4,541 |
| 2002 | 9 | 9 | — | #7,395 |
| 2001 | 17 | 17 | — | #4,602 |
| 2000 | 15 | 15 | — | #4,936 |
| 1999 | 20 | 20 | — | #3,780 |
| 1998 | 23 | 23 | — | #3,350 |
| 1997 | 27 | — | — | #2,870 |
| 1996 | 25 | — | — | #2,984 |
| 1995 | 31 | — | — | #2,476 |
| 1994 | 37 | — | — | #2,205 |
| 1993 | 29 | — | — | #2,547 |
| 1992 | 29 | — | — | #2,502 |
| 1991 | 35 | — | — | #2,121 |
| 1990 | 33 | — | — | #2,194 |
| 1989 | 33 | — | — | #2,130 |
| 1988 | 33 | — | — | #1,973 |
| 1987 | 36 | — | — | #1,818 |
| 1986 | 29 | — | — | #2,032 |
| 1985 | 47 | — | — | #1,443 |
| 1984 | 29 | — | — | #1,918 |
| 1983 | 29 | — | — | #1,885 |
| 1982 | 28 | — | — | #1,968 |
| 1981 | 42 | — | — | #1,488 |
| 1980 | 36 | — | — | #1,644 |
| 1979 | 35 | — | — | #1,652 |
| 1978 | 46 | — | — | #1,363 |
| 1977 | 37 | — | — | #1,529 |
| 1976 | 32 | — | — | #1,662 |
| 1975 | 26 | — | — | #1,861 |
| 1974 | 48 | — | #8,204 | #1,324 |
| 1973 | 55 | — | — | #1,099 |
| 1972 | 54 | — | — | #1,115 |
| 1971 | 34 | — | — | #1,482 |
| 1970 | 40 | — | — | #1,323 |
| 1969 | 35 | — | — | #1,368 |
| 1968 | 46 | — | — | #1,111 |
| 1967 | 56 | — | — | #976 |
| 1966 | 39 | — | — | #1,210 |
| 1965 | 50 | — | — | #1,048 |
| 1964 | 37 | — | — | #1,299 |
| 1963 | 54 | — | — | #1,034 |
| 1962 | 64 | — | #7,067 | #999 |
| 1961 | 47 | — | — | #1,154 |
| 1960 | 43 | — | — | #1,200 |
| 1959 | 36 | — | — | #1,313 |
| 1958 | 45 | — | — | #1,153 |
| 1957 | 38 | — | — | #1,273 |
| 1956 | 55 | — | — | #1,014 |
| 1955 | 61 | — | — | #961 |
| 1954 | 50 | — | — | #1,060 |
| 1953 | 52 | — | — | #1,008 |
| 1952 | 52 | — | — | #997 |
| 1951 | 56 | — | — | #937 |
| 1950 | 54 | — | — | #942 |
| 1949 | 54 | — | — | #944 |
| 1948 | 57 | — | — | #917 |
| 1947 | 45 | — | — | #1,088 |
| 1946 | 54 | — | — | #902 |
| 1945 | 54 | — | — | #856 |
| 1944 | 39 | — | — | #1,064 |
| 1943 | 38 | — | — | #1,117 |
| 1942 | 45 | — | — | #997 |
| 1941 | 49 | — | — | #912 |
| 1940 | 44 | — | — | #976 |
| 1939 | 41 | — | — | #998 |
| 1938 | 45 | — | — | #946 |
| 1937 | 51 | — | — | #860 |
| 1936 | 64 | — | — | #762 |
| 1935 | 49 | — | — | #909 |
| 1934 | 76 | — | #4,639 | #726 |
| 1933 | 60 | — | — | #795 |
| 1932 | 47 | — | — | #956 |
| 1931 | 56 | — | — | #850 |
| 1930 | 43 | — | — | #1,062 |
| 1929 | 46 | — | — | #1,001 |
| 1928 | 41 | — | — | #1,105 |
| 1927 | 43 | — | — | #1,091 |
| 1926 | 48 | — | — | #1,001 |
| 1925 | 60 | — | — | #864 |
| 1924 | 63 | — | — | #867 |
| 1923 | 53 | — | — | #944 |
| 1922 | 69 | — | — | #814 |
| 1921 | 86 | — | — | #701 |
| 1920 | 67 | — | — | #821 |
| 1919 | 66 | — | #5,184 | #843 |
| 1918 | 79 | — | — | #717 |
| 1917 | 65 | — | — | #782 |
| 1916 | 54 | — | — | #861 |
| 1915 | 51 | — | — | #865 |
| 1914 | 43 | — | — | #807 |
| 1913 | 41 | — | — | #729 |
| 1912 | 35 | — | — | #728 |
| 1911 | 13 | — | — | #953 |
| 1910 | 15 | — | — | #804 |
| 1909 | 11 | — | — | #929 |
| 1908 | 17 | — | — | #646 |
| 1907 | 21 | — | — | #526 |
| 1906 | 10 | — | — | #827 |
| 1905 | 8 | — | — | #968 |
| 1904 | 13 | — | — | #667 |
| 1903 | 13 | — | — | #639 |
| 1902 | 13 | — | — | #629 |
| 1901 | 5 | — | — | #1,136 |
| 1900 | 17 | — | — | #610 |
| 1899 | 9 | — | — | #756 |
| 1898 | 15 | — | — | #556 |
| 1897 | 18 | — | — | #467 |
| 1896 | 14 | — | — | #574 |
| 1895 | 23 | — | — | #407 |
| 1894 | 19 | — | — | #451 |
| 1893 | 9 | — | — | #737 |
| 1892 | 18 | — | — | #472 |
| 1891 | 8 | — | — | #737 |
| 1890 | 12 | — | — | #583 |
| 1889 | 16 | — | — | #476 |
| 1888 | 19 | — | — | #434 |
| 1887 | 24 | — | — | #336 |
| 1886 | 27 | — | — | #326 |
| 1885 | 23 | — | — | #372 |
| 1884 | 27 | — | — | #342 |
| 1883 | 11 | — | — | #575 |
| 1882 | 20 | — | — | #409 |
| 1881 | 21 | — | — | #370 |
| 1880 | 22 | — | — | #368 |