Lafe Popularity by Year
Follow Lafe across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Lafe birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 5 | #12,008 | Down 1,403 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 6 | #10,605 | Up 1,551 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 5 | #12,156 | Up 29 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 5 | #12,185 | Down 49 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 5 | #12,136 | Down 1,366 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 6 | #10,770 | Down 4 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 6 | #10,766 | Down 3,862 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 11 | #6,904 | Up 4,568 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 5 | #11,472 | Down 1,891 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 6 | #9,581 | Up 1,086 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 5 | #10,667 | Down 2,897 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 6 | #7,770 | Up 665 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 5 | #8,435 | Down 1,164 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 6 | #7,271 | Up 846 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 5 | #8,117 | Down 2,366 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 7 | #5,751 | Down 783 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 8 | #4,968 | Up 1,753 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 5 | #6,721 | Down 1,574 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 7 | #5,147 | Down 1,688 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 12 | #3,459 | Down 388 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 14 | #3,071 | Up 1,522 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 8 | #4,593 | Down 84 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 8 | #4,509 | Up 431 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 7 | #4,940 | Down 1,922 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 14 | #3,018 | Up 1,139 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 8 | #4,157 | Up 1,688 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 5 | #5,845 | Down 910 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 6 | #4,935 | Down 1,689 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 11 | #3,246 | Up 1,981 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 5 | #5,227 | Down 126 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 5 | #5,101 | Down 115 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 5 | #4,986 | Down 1,616 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 9 | #3,370 | Up 303 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 6 | #3,673 | Up 293 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 5 | #3,966 | Down 1,349 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 10 | #2,617 | Down 412 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 14 | #2,205 | Up 299 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 11 | #2,504 | Down 356 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 15 | #2,148 | Up 515 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 10 | #2,663 | Up 896 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 6 | #3,559 | Down 1,001 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 10 | #2,558 | Up 894 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 6 | #3,452 | Up 346 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 5 | #3,798 | Down 425 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 6 | #3,373 | Up 341 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 5 | #3,714 | Down 33 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 5 | #3,681 | Down 671 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 7 | #3,010 | Up 360 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 6 | #3,370 | Up 155 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 5 | #3,525 | Down 187 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 5 | #3,338 | Down 476 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 7 | #2,862 | Up 676 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 5 | #3,538 | Down 826 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 8 | #2,712 | Up 421 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 6 | #3,133 | Down 654 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 9 | #2,479 | Up 1,039 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 5 | #3,518 | Down 567 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 7 | #2,951 | Up 326 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 6 | #3,277 | Down 9 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 6 | #3,268 | Down 955 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 11 | #2,313 | Up 782 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 7 | #3,095 | Up 497 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 6 | #3,592 | Down 612 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 8 | #2,980 | Down 321 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 10 | #2,659 | Up 792 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 7 | #3,451 | Down 885 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 11 | #2,566 | Up 370 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 9 | #2,936 | Down 463 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 12 | #2,473 | Up 702 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 8 | #3,175 | Down 545 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 11 | #2,630 | Up 1,239 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 6 | #3,869 | Up 417 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 5 | #4,286 | Down 1,775 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 11 | #2,511 | Down 438 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 15 | #2,073 | Up 1,908 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 5 | #3,981 | Down 2,210 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 17 | #1,771 | Up 850 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 9 | #2,621 | Up 643 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 5 | #3,264 | Down 991 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 7 | #2,273 | Down 228 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 7 | #2,045 | Down 1,043 places |
| 1905 | Boys | 7 | #1,002 | Up 128 places |
| 1903 | Boys | 5 | #1,130 | Down 9 places |
| 1898 | Boys | 5 | #1,121 | Down 42 places |
| 1895 | Boys | 5 | #1,079 | Down 195 places |
| 1890 | Boys | 6 | #884 | Down 65 places |
| 1887 | Boys | 6 | #819 | Up 26 places |
| 1886 | Boys | 6 | #845 | Down 241 places |
| 1885 | Boys | 10 | #604 | Down 154 places |
| 1884 | Boys | 17 | #450 | Up 331 places |
| 1881 | Boys | 6 | #781 | Down 141 places |
| 1880 | Boys | 9 | #640 | — |