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Origin & history of Lafayette1
Modern American roots
Lafayette comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning Faith.
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How popular is Lafayette?
1921
peak year
Today, Lafayette is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #7432), with only about 12 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1921, 86 babies were given the name (ranked #701 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1920s. Lafayette's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 4,875 babies have been registered as Lafayette since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations
1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
86
Babies named in peak year
(ranked #701)
(ranked #701)
12
Avg. per year
(last decade)
(last decade)
120
Total registrations
last 10 years
last 10 years
4,875
All-time total
(since 1880)
(since 1880)
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Numerology of Lafayette5
Life path number
The Adventurer
Freedom, adventure and curiosity.
🌍Adventurous
🦋Free spirit
🎭Adaptable
💬Magnetic
L3
A1
F6
A1
Y7
E5
T2
T2
E5
Sum: 32 → Life path 5
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Personality of Lafayette🌍
Free spirit
Adventure calls and they always answer.
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Electric energy
Things happen around them — exciting, unexpected.
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Adaptable
New situations are opportunities, never threats.
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Natural charmer
There's something magnetic about them.
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How we calculated this
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