Fayette
- Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306
- Last seen for boys in 1962 at #4,033
- Given to girls 57.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1895 · 6 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 584since 1895
Fayette over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | — | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
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| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | — | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
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| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | — | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | — | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #3,189 | 16 | — | |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,150 | 14 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,696 | 11 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,024 | 28 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,295 | 22 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,411 | 19 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #2,182 | 21 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,909 | 13 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,274 | 19 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | — | #3,733 | 5 | |
| 1946 | #2,880 | 12 | — | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | #2,532 | 12 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1937 | #2,101 | 15 | — | |
| 1936 | — | #2,629 | 8 | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #1,929 | 14 |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | — | #1,922 | 15 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,207 | 12 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #2,609 | 10 |
| 1929 | #2,737 | 11 | #2,199 | 13 |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | #3,076 | 8 |
| 1927 | — | #2,523 | 11 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,566 | 11 | |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | #2,435 | 12 |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 | #2,043 | 16 |
| 1923 | #2,465 | 14 | #1,551 | 24 |
| 1922 | — | #2,040 | 16 | |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | #3,214 | 8 |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 | #3,489 | 7 |
| 1919 | #2,640 | 12 | #2,152 | 14 |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 | #1,905 | 17 |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 | #1,900 | 16 |
| 1916 | #2,246 | 14 | #1,949 | 15 |
| 1915 | — | #2,829 | 8 | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #2,101 | 10 |
| 1913 | — | #1,945 | 9 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
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| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | — | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
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| 1903 | — | #910 | 7 | |
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| 1899 | — | #928 | 6 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
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| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #765 | 7 | |
| 1884 | — | #764 | 7 | |
| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
| 1882 | — | #652 | 9 | |
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | #682 | 8 | |
First appearance
1895
The first year at least five girls were named Fayette! It came in at #1,426, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1896–1915, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Fayette is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Fayette in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Fayette
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1895
- Peaked 1895 at #1,426 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1896, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 38,938
- Highest: 1 in 38,938 girls born in 1895 were named Fayette (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,026 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 27.4% of all girls named Fayette (160) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1948
- Mostly boys until 1947, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | #1,426 (1895) | #1,426 |
| 1900s | 5 | #2,061 (1907) | #2,061 |
| 1910s | 49 | #2,246 (1916) | #2,968 |
| 1920s | 67 | #2,465 (1923) | #3,252 |
| 1930s | 47 | #2,101 (1937) | #3,485 |
| 1940s | 98 | #2,274 (1949) | #3,042 |
| 1950s | 160 | #2,024 (1955) | #2,996 |
| 1960s | 99 | #3,189 (1961) | #4,633 |
| 1970s | 36 | #5,413 (1970) | #6,819 |
| 1980s | 12 | #8,778 (1987) | #9,595 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,306 (2022) | #15,306 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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