Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Lafe” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lafe” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Lafe” 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 “Lafe” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Lafe” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lafe” 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 9 0.000044669 9 -100%
1881 6 0.000031138 6 -100%
1884 17 0.000069826 17 -100%
1885 10 0.000041519 10 -100%
1886 6 0.0000235 6 -100%
1887 6 0.000024253 6 -100%
1890 6 0.000019907 6 -100%
1895 5 0.000014244 5 -100%
1898 5 0.000013108 5 -100%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 -100%
1905 7 0.000016512 7 -100%
1912 7 0.000007085 7 -100%
1913 7 0.000006156 7 -100%
1914 5 0.00000353 5 -100%
1915 9 0.000004912 9 -100%
1916 17 0.000008788 17 -100%
1917 5 0.000002492 5 -100%
1918 15 0.000006909 15 -100%
1919 11 0.000005213 11 -100%
1920 5 0.00000221 5 -100%
1921 6 0.00000257 6 -100%
1922 11 0.000004805 11 -100%
1923 8 0.000003475 8 -100%
1924 12 0.000005039 12 -100%
1925 9 0.000003857 9 -100%
1926 11 0.000004791 11 -100%
1927 7 0.000003018 7 -100%
1928 10 0.000004423 10 -100%
1929 8 0.000003649 8 -100%
1930 6 0.000002699 6 -100%
1931 7 0.000003326 7 -100%
1932 11 0.00000521 11 -100%
1933 6 0.000003001 6 -100%
1934 6 0.000002889 6 -100%
1935 7 0.000003349 7 -100%
1937 5 0.000002347 5 -100%
1938 9 0.000004068 9 -100%
1941 6 0.000002463 6 -100%
1942 8 0.000002928 8 -100%
1943 5 0.000001771 5 -100%
1944 7 0.000002602 7 -100%
1945 5 0.000001885 5 -100%
1946 5 0.000001565 5 -100%
1947 6 0.000001666 6 -100%
1948 7 0.000002028 7 -100%
1950 5 0.000001427 5 -100%
1951 5 0.000001357 5 -100%
1952 6 0.00000158 6 -100%
1953 5 0.000001297 5 -100%
1954 6 0.000001507 6 -100%
1955 10 0.000002491 10 -100%
1958 6 0.000001451 6 -100%
1959 10 0.000002405 10 -100%
1961 14 0.00000338 14 -100%
1962 11 0.000002726 11 -100%
1964 14 0.000003601 14 -100%
1965 10 0.000002758 10 -100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 -100%
1968 6 0.000001776 6 -100%
1971 9 0.000002622 9 -100%
1972 5 0.000001591 5 -100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 -100%
1974 5 0.000001645 5 -100%
1975 11 0.000003643 11 -100%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 -100%
1977 5 0.000001574 5 -100%
1978 8 0.000002521 8 -100%
1979 14 0.000004208 14 -100%
1980 7 0.000002032 7 -100%
1981 8 0.000002313 8 -100%
1982 8 0.000002281 8 -100%
1983 14 0.000004042 14 -100%
1984 12 0.00000344 12 -100%
1985 7 0.000001961 7 -100%
1986 5 0.000001406 5 -100%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 -100%
1988 7 0.000001894 7 -100%
1990 5 0.000001265 5 -100%
1991 6 0.00000154 6 -100%
1992 5 0.000001302 5 -100%
1994 6 0.000001614 6 -100%
2002 5 0.000001338 5 -100%
2003 6 0.000001578 6 -100%
2005 5 0.0000013 5 -100%
2006 11 0.00000278 11 -100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 -100%
2012 6 0.000001641 6 -100%
2013 5 0.000001371 5 -100%
2016 5 0.000001363 5 -100%
2018 5 0.000001422 5 -100%
2020 6 0.000001796 6 -100%

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