Lafe is a rare boys' name that peaked in 1884 and has since faded.
Lafe is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #13,115 for boy births in the United States (and #26,932 across all names), given to 5 babies. Lafe was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1884 (17 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 5 | #13,115 |
| 2020 | 6 | 6 | #11,411 |
| 2018 | 5 | 5 | #13,326 |
| 2016 | 5 | 5 | #13,386 |
| 2013 | 5 | 5 | #13,246 |
| 2012 | 6 | 6 | #11,648 |
| 2010 | 6 | 6 | #11,600 |
| 2006 | 11 | 11 | #7,230 |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 | #12,550 |
| 2003 | 6 | 6 | #10,324 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | #11,736 |
| 1994 | 6 | — | #8,349 |
| 1992 | 5 | — | #9,233 |
| 1991 | 6 | — | #7,832 |
| 1990 | 5 | — | #8,912 |
| 1988 | 7 | — | #6,161 |
| 1987 | 8 | — | #5,238 |
| 1986 | 5 | — | #7,341 |
| 1985 | 7 | — | #5,494 |
| 1984 | 12 | — | #3,582 |
| 1983 | 14 | — | #3,161 |
| 1982 | 8 | — | #4,829 |
| 1981 | 8 | — | #4,764 |
| 1980 | 7 | — | #5,263 |
| 1979 | 14 | — | #3,095 |
| 1978 | 8 | — | #4,382 |
| 1977 | 5 | — | #6,399 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | #5,313 |
| 1975 | 11 | — | #3,341 |
| 1974 | 5 | — | #5,648 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | #5,523 |
| 1972 | 5 | — | #5,410 |
| 1971 | 9 | — | #3,540 |
| 1968 | 6 | — | #3,940 |
| 1967 | 5 | — | #4,289 |
| 1965 | 10 | — | #2,704 |
| 1964 | 14 | — | #2,264 |
| 1962 | 11 | — | #2,594 |
| 1961 | 15 | — | #2,191 |
| 1959 | 10 | — | #2,740 |
| 1958 | 6 | — | #3,744 |
| 1955 | 10 | — | #2,677 |
| 1954 | 6 | — | #3,646 |
| 1953 | 5 | — | #4,105 |
| 1952 | 6 | — | #3,569 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | #4,003 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | #3,961 |
| 1948 | 7 | — | #3,176 |
| 1947 | 6 | — | #3,566 |
| 1946 | 5 | — | #3,788 |
| 1945 | 5 | — | #3,562 |
| 1944 | 7 | — | #2,992 |
| 1943 | 5 | — | #3,810 |
| 1942 | 8 | — | #2,824 |
| 1941 | 6 | — | #3,332 |
| 1938 | 9 | — | #2,567 |
| 1937 | 5 | — | #3,803 |
| 1935 | 7 | — | #3,120 |
| 1934 | 6 | — | #3,496 |
| 1933 | 6 | — | #3,476 |
| 1932 | 11 | — | #2,397 |
| 1931 | 7 | — | #3,257 |
| 1930 | 6 | — | #3,817 |
| 1929 | 8 | — | #3,124 |
| 1928 | 10 | — | #2,758 |
| 1927 | 7 | — | #3,642 |
| 1926 | 11 | — | #2,655 |
| 1925 | 9 | — | #3,036 |
| 1924 | 12 | — | #2,559 |
| 1923 | 8 | — | #3,322 |
| 1922 | 11 | — | #2,721 |
| 1921 | 6 | — | #4,119 |
| 1920 | 5 | — | #4,657 |
| 1919 | 11 | — | #2,595 |
| 1918 | 15 | — | #2,120 |
| 1917 | 5 | — | #4,297 |
| 1916 | 17 | — | #1,813 |
| 1915 | 9 | — | #2,734 |
| 1914 | 5 | — | #3,524 |
| 1913 | 7 | — | #2,388 |
| 1912 | 7 | — | #2,149 |
| 1905 | 7 | — | #1,039 |
| 1903 | 5 | — | #1,219 |
| 1898 | 5 | — | #1,225 |
| 1895 | 5 | — | #1,173 |
| 1890 | 6 | — | #949 |
| 1887 | 6 | — | #877 |
| 1886 | 6 | — | #910 |
| 1885 | 10 | — | #623 |
| 1884 | 17 | — | #459 |
| 1881 | 6 | — | #831 |
| 1880 | 9 | — | #663 |