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How popular is “Lafayette” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lafayette” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Lafayette” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Lafayette” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Lafayette” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Lafayette” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Lafayette” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lafayette” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 22 0.00010919 22 -100%
1881 21 0.000108984 21 -100%
1882 20 0.00009028 20 -100%
1883 11 0.000050704 11 -100%
1884 27 0.000110901 27 -100%
1885 23 0.000095494 23 -100%
1886 27 0.000105751 27 -100%
1887 24 0.000097012 24 -100%
1888 19 0.000063445 19 -100%
1889 16 0.000055374 16 -100%
1890 12 0.000039814 12 -100%
1891 8 0.000027906 8 -100%
1892 18 0.000053832 18 -100%
1893 9 0.000027673 9 -100%
1894 19 0.000056098 19 -100%
1895 23 0.000065523 23 -100%
1896 14 0.000039163 14 -100%
1897 18 0.00005188 18 -100%
1898 15 0.000039323 15 -100%
1899 9 0.00002653 9 -100%
1900 17 0.000037756 17 -100%
1901 5 0.000014459 5 -100%
1902 13 0.000033615 13 -100%
1903 13 0.000034103 13 -100%
1904 13 0.000032219 13 -100%
1905 8 0.000018871 8 -100%
1906 10 0.00002334 10 -100%
1907 21 0.000045123 21 -100%
1908 17 0.00003479 17 -100%
1909 11 0.000021517 11 -100%
1910 15 0.000025393 15 -100%
1911 13 0.000020178 13 -100%
1912 35 0.000035423 35 -100%
1913 41 0.000036056 41 -100%
1914 43 0.00003036 43 -100%
1915 51 0.000027832 51 -100%
1916 54 0.000027915 54 -100%
1917 65 0.000032391 65 -100%
1918 79 0.000036387 79 -100%
1919 66 0.000031276 5 61 -85%
1920 67 0.000029611 67 -100%
1921 86 0.000036839 86 -100%
1922 69 0.000030142 69 -100%
1923 53 0.000023019 53 -100%
1924 63 0.000026453 63 -100%
1925 60 0.000025715 60 -100%
1926 48 0.000020907 48 -100%
1927 43 0.00001854 43 -100%
1928 41 0.000018134 41 -100%
1929 46 0.000020984 46 -100%
1930 43 0.000019341 43 -100%
1931 56 0.000026611 56 -100%
1932 47 0.000022261 47 -100%
1933 60 0.000030008 60 -100%
1934 76 0.000036594 5 71 -87%
1935 49 0.000023446 49 -100%
1936 64 0.000030805 64 -100%
1937 51 0.000023936 51 -100%
1938 45 0.000020338 45 -100%
1939 41 0.000018607 41 -100%
1940 44 0.000019108 44 -100%
1941 49 0.000020111 49 -100%
1942 45 0.000016473 45 -100%
1943 38 0.000013463 38 -100%
1944 39 0.000014498 39 -100%
1945 54 0.000020355 54 -100%
1946 54 0.0000169 54 -100%
1947 45 0.000012492 45 -100%
1948 57 0.00001651 57 -100%
1949 54 0.000015496 54 -100%
1950 54 0.000015414 54 -100%
1951 56 0.000015202 56 -100%
1952 52 0.000013691 52 -100%
1953 52 0.000013494 52 -100%
1954 50 0.000012561 50 -100%
1955 61 0.000015193 61 -100%
1956 55 0.00001334 55 -100%
1957 38 0.000009043 38 -100%
1958 45 0.000010886 45 -100%
1959 36 0.000008658 36 -100%
1960 43 0.000010352 43 -100%
1961 47 0.000011346 47 -100%
1962 64 0.00001586 5 59 -84%
1963 54 0.000013643 54 -100%
1964 37 0.000009517 37 -100%
1965 50 0.000013791 50 -100%
1966 39 0.000011221 39 -100%
1967 56 0.000016495 56 -100%
1968 46 0.000013616 46 -100%
1969 35 0.000010071 35 -100%
1970 40 0.000011091 40 -100%
1971 34 0.000009906 34 -100%
1972 54 0.000017181 54 -100%
1973 55 0.000018231 55 -100%
1974 48 0.000015789 6 42 -75%
1975 26 0.000008611 26 -100%
1976 32 0.000010546 32 -100%
1977 37 0.000011648 37 -100%
1978 46 0.000014493 46 -100%
1979 35 0.00001052 35 -100%
1980 36 0.000010451 36 -100%
1981 42 0.000012141 42 -100%
1982 28 0.000007982 28 -100%
1983 29 0.000008373 29 -100%
1984 29 0.000008312 29 -100%
1985 47 0.000013169 47 -100%
1986 29 0.000008153 29 -100%
1987 36 0.000009984 36 -100%
1988 33 0.000008931 33 -100%
1989 33 0.000008584 33 -100%
1990 33 0.000008349 33 -100%
1991 35 0.000008985 35 -100%
1992 29 0.00000755 29 -100%
1993 29 0.000007692 29 -100%
1994 37 0.000009953 37 -100%
1995 31 0.000008465 31 -100%
1996 25 0.000006855 25 -100%
1997 27 0.000007447 27 -100%
1998 23 0.000006253 23 -100%
1999 20 0.000005414 20 -100%
2000 15 0.000003968 15 -100%
2001 17 0.000004541 17 -100%
2002 9 0.000002408 9 -100%
2003 18 0.000004734 18 -100%
2004 14 0.000003664 14 -100%
2005 14 0.000003641 14 -100%
2006 14 0.000003539 14 -100%
2007 16 0.000004002 16 -100%
2008 11 0.000002799 11 -100%
2009 12 0.000003141 12 -100%
2010 13 0.000003518 13 -100%
2011 15 0.000004101 15 -100%
2012 20 0.000005468 20 -100%
2013 18 0.000004937 18 -100%
2014 14 0.000003777 14 -100%
2015 10 0.000002702 10 -100%
2016 14 0.000003816 14 -100%
2017 8 0.000002237 8 -100%
2018 15 0.000004266 15 -100%
2019 10 0.000002881 10 -100%
2020 11 0.000003293 11 -100%
2021 15 0.000004427 15 -100%
2022 14 0.000004138 14 -100%
2023 10 0.00000302 10 -100%
2024 8 0.000002403 8 -100%

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