Lafayette
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- lah-fee-ET
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Lafayette is a boys' name of French origin, meaning “little beech wood”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Lafayette mean?
French: French surname and place name, from faye, beech
“little beech wood”
Honours the Marquis de Lafayette, the French nobleman who fought alongside the Americans in the Revolutionary War.
Is Lafayette a girl's or a boy's name?
Lafayette is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lafayette in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Lafayette, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 86 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Lafayette than any year since 1901.
Half of all the boys named Lafayette in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 1973. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Lafayette in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 23 | #3,292 |
| 1997 | 27 | #2,819 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,906 |
| 1995 | 31 | #2,439 |
| 1994 | 37 | #2,176 |
| 1993 | 29 | #2,503 |
| 1992 | 29 | #2,462 |
| 1991 | 35 | #2,089 |
| 1990 | 33 | #2,165 |
| 1989 | 33 | #2,100 |
| 1988 | 33 | #1,944 |
| 1987 | 36 | #1,791 |
| 1986 | 29 | #2,005 |
| 1985 | 47 | #1,428 |
| 1984 | 29 | #1,884 |
| 1983 | 29 | #1,863 |
| 1982 | 28 | #1,928 |
| 1981 | 42 | #1,478 |
| 1980 | 36 | #1,619 |
| 1979 | 35 | #1,633 |
| 1978 | 46 | #1,352 |
| 1977 | 37 | #1,515 |
| 1976 | 32 | #1,645 |
| 1975 | 26 | #1,834 |
| 1974 | 42 | #1,311 |
| 1973 | 55 | #1,093 |
| 1972 | 54 | #1,107 |
| 1971 | 34 | #1,466 |
| 1970 | 40 | #1,313 |
| 1969 | 35 | #1,351 |
| 1968 | 46 | #1,100 |
| 1967 | 56 | #968 |
| 1966 | 39 | #1,193 |
| 1965 | 50 | #1,043 |
| 1964 | 37 | #1,287 |
| 1963 | 54 | #1,026 |
| 1962 | 59 | #995 |
| 1961 | 47 | #1,147 |
| 1960 | 43 | #1,192 |
| 1959 | 36 | #1,301 |
| 1958 | 45 | #1,147 |
| 1957 | 38 | #1,266 |
| 1956 | 55 | #1,007 |
| 1955 | 61 | #956 |
| 1954 | 50 | #1,051 |
| 1953 | 52 | #998 |
| 1952 | 52 | #993 |
| 1951 | 56 | #933 |
| 1950 | 54 | #933 |
| 1949 | 54 | #941 |
| 1948 | 57 | #909 |
| 1947 | 45 | #1,080 |
| 1946 | 54 | #897 |
| 1945 | 54 | #850 |
| 1944 | 39 | #1,055 |
| 1943 | 38 | #1,106 |
| 1942 | 45 | #991 |
| 1941 | 49 | #905 |
| 1940 | 44 | #967 |
| 1939 | 41 | #992 |
| 1938 | 45 | #939 |
| 1937 | 51 | #858 |
| 1936 | 64 | #756 |
| 1935 | 49 | #903 |
| 1934 | 71 | #725 |
| 1933 | 60 | #788 |
| 1932 | 47 | #952 |
| 1931 | 56 | #841 |
| 1930 | 43 | #1,053 |
| 1929 | 46 | #995 |
| 1928 | 41 | #1,095 |
| 1927 | 43 | #1,080 |
| 1926 | 48 | #992 |
| 1925 | 60 | #858 |
| 1924 | 63 | #865 |
| 1923 | 53 | #941 |
| 1922 | 69 | #809 |
| 1921 | 86 | #698 |
| 1920 | 67 | #816 |
| 1919 | 61 | #839 |
| 1918 | 79 | #710 |
| 1917 | 65 | #780 |
| 1916 | 54 | #856 |
| 1915 | 51 | #863 |
| 1914 | 43 | #802 |
| 1913 | 41 | #720 |
| 1912 | 35 | #725 |
| 1911 | 13 | #924 |
| 1910 | 15 | #782 |
| 1909 | 11 | #893 |
| 1908 | 17 | #632 |
| 1907 | 21 | #511 |
| 1906 | 10 | #798 |
| 1905 | 8 | #918 |
| 1904 | 13 | #647 |
| 1903 | 13 | #619 |
| 1902 | 13 | #614 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,057 |
| 1900 | 17 | #603 |
| 1899 | 9 | #714 |
| 1898 | 15 | #543 |
| 1897 | 18 | #459 |
| 1896 | 14 | #551 |
| 1895 | 23 | #399 |
| 1894 | 19 | #439 |
| 1893 | 9 | #705 |
| 1892 | 18 | #458 |
| 1891 | 8 | #699 |
| 1890 | 12 | #566 |
| 1889 | 16 | #464 |
| 1888 | 19 | #430 |
| 1887 | 24 | #333 |
| 1886 | 27 | #325 |
| 1885 | 23 | #364 |
| 1884 | 27 | #336 |
| 1883 | 11 | #556 |
| 1882 | 20 | #399 |
| 1881 | 21 | #360 |
| 1880 | 22 | #363 |
Names like Lafayette
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lafayette: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lafayette, updated 20 October 2026.