Lafe

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Lafe is a masculine given name or nickname, often a short form or hypocorism of Lafayette. People with the name include: Lafayette B.

From Wikipedia

Lafe first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 91 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1884 with 17 babies (rank #459 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Lafe

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Lafe yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

690
Total babies (all years)
91
Years in the data
17
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
18809#663
18816#831
188417#459
188510#623
18866#910
18876#877
18906#949
18955#1,173
18985#1,225
19035#1,219
19057#1,039
19127#2,149
19137#2,388
19145#3,524
19159#2,734
191617#1,813
19175#4,297
191815#2,120
191911#2,595
19205#4,657
19216#4,119
192211#2,721
19238#3,322
192412#2,559
19259#3,036
192611#2,655
19277#3,641
192810#2,758
19298#3,124
19306#3,817
19317#3,257
193211#2,397
19336#3,476
19346#3,496
19357#3,120
19375#3,803
19389#2,567
19416#3,332
19428#2,824
19435#3,810
19447#2,992
19455#3,562
19465#3,787
19476#3,567
19487#3,175
19505#3,961
19515#4,003
19526#3,569
19535#4,105
19546#3,647
195510#2,676
19586#3,743
195910#2,739
196114#2,292
196211#2,593
196414#2,264
196510#2,703
19675#4,290
19686#3,939
19719#3,540
19725#5,410
19735#5,523
19745#5,648
197511#3,341
19766#5,313
19775#6,398
19788#4,382
197914#3,095
19807#5,263
19818#4,764
19828#4,829
198314#3,161
198412#3,582
19857#5,495
19865#7,342
19878#5,237
19887#6,161
19905#8,910
19916#7,833
19925#9,233
19946#8,348
20025#11,735
20036#10,325
20055#12,550
200611#7,230
20106#11,598
20126#11,646
20135#13,245
20165#13,383
20185#13,317
20206#11,404