Lafaye

Peak · girls
1933 · 10 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
308
since 1918

Lafaye over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lafaye has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,688, 1933girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1992#13,3175
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1990#11,4096
1989#12,3625
1988#11,7985
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1986#10,9125
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1983#9,0156
1982#10,5175
1981#10,4115
1980#9,0956
1979#9,0106
1978#6,3859
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1975#7,9846
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1973#7,4356
1972#7,2926
1971#8,3245
1970#6,3627
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1966#6,5645
1965#4,8318
1964#5,0088
1963#6,5925
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1961#4,8828
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1959#6,2455
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1955#5,8285
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1953#5,6735
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1951#4,0118
1950#3,6629
1949#5,2445
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1947#5,2955
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1945#4,5565
1944#4,5745
1943#4,1966
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1941#3,9546
1940#3,8636
1939#3,7826
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1937#3,4347
1936#3,3767
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1934#3,8026
1933#2,68810
1932#3,0479
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1930#2,84510
1929#4,5705
1928#3,4368
1927#3,2849
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1925#3,3629
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1923#4,3766
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1921#4,0237
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1919#4,2516
1918#4,2916
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First appearance
1918

The first year at least five girls were named Lafaye! It came in at #4,291, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1920, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Lafaye is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Lafaye in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Lafaye
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1992
Rise & fade · girls
15 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1918
  • Peaked 1933 at #2,688 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1935, 2 yrs 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 100,793
  • Highest: 1 in 100,793 girls born in 1933 were named Lafaye (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 368,786 girls born in 1992 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 17.9% of all girls named Lafaye (55) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s12#4,251 (1919)#4,271
1920s44#3,284 (1927)#3,842
1930s55#2,688 (1933)#3,282
1940s38#3,863 (1940)#4,526
1950s32#3,662 (1950)#5,084
1960s34#4,831 (1965)#5,575
1970s45#6,362 (1970)#7,542
1980s37#9,015 (1983)#10,587
1990s11#11,409 (1990)#12,363

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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