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Lafe

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

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.

690

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

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
1880	9	#663
1881	6	#831
1884	17	#459
1885	10	#623
1886	6	#910
1887	6	#877
1890	6	#949
1895	5	#1,173
1898	5	#1,225
1903	5	#1,219
1905	7	#1,039
1912	7	#2,149
1913	7	#2,388
1914	5	#3,524
1915	9	#2,734
1916	17	#1,813
1917	5	#4,297
1918	15	#2,120
1919	11	#2,595
1920	5	#4,657
1921	6	#4,119
1922	11	#2,721
1923	8	#3,322
1924	12	#2,559
1925	9	#3,036
1926	11	#2,655
1927	7	#3,641
1928	10	#2,758
1929	8	#3,124
1930	6	#3,817
1931	7	#3,257
1932	11	#2,397
1933	6	#3,476
1934	6	#3,496
1935	7	#3,120
1937	5	#3,803
1938	9	#2,567
1941	6	#3,332
1942	8	#2,824
1943	5	#3,810
1944	7	#2,992
1945	5	#3,562
1946	5	#3,787
1947	6	#3,567
1948	7	#3,175
1950	5	#3,961
1951	5	#4,003
1952	6	#3,569
1953	5	#4,105
1954	6	#3,647
1955	10	#2,676
1958	6	#3,743
1959	10	#2,739
1961	14	#2,292
1962	11	#2,593
1964	14	#2,264
1965	10	#2,703
1967	5	#4,290
1968	6	#3,939
1971	9	#3,540
1972	5	#5,410
1973	5	#5,523
1974	5	#5,648
1975	11	#3,341
1976	6	#5,313
1977	5	#6,398
1978	8	#4,382
1979	14	#3,095
1980	7	#5,263
1981	8	#4,764
1982	8	#4,829
1983	14	#3,161
1984	12	#3,582
1985	7	#5,495
1986	5	#7,342
1987	8	#5,237
1988	7	#6,161
1990	5	#8,910
1991	6	#7,833
1992	5	#9,233
1994	6	#8,348
2002	5	#11,735
2003	6	#10,325
2005	5	#12,550
2006	11	#7,230
2010	6	#11,598
2012	6	#11,646
2013	5	#13,245
2016	5	#13,383
2018	5	#13,317
2020	6	#11,404