Lafayette
Meaning
“French, from Occitan la faieta, the beech grove; adopted as an American given name honoring the Marquis de Lafayette”
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Lafayette has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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Popularity in Brazil
131 people · the #34,096 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 52
Among people named Lafayette living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Lafayette
People given the name Lafayette in the United States span the generations: the middle half were born anywhere from 1950 to 1999. Age is the one thing the name won't tell you.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Lafayette deep dive
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