Fayette
Fayette was last recorded in 2022, when 5 babies were given it; 1,022 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2022 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Fayette by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Fayette mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Fayette is “a male given name transferred from the surname or place name.”
After Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
/ˈfeɪ.ɛt/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Fayette?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #16,109, in 2022; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
38 babies in 1923, the peak
Fayette peaked in 1923, when 38 babies were given it (14 girls, #2,512 among girls’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #16,109 | under 5 | |
| 1987 | 7 | #9,079 | under 5 | |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,916 | under 5 | |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,744 | under 5 | |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,723 | under 5 | |
| 1972 | 8 | #6,124 | under 5 | |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,183 | under 5 | |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,520 | under 5 | |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,885 | under 5 | |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,822 | under 5 |
Every recorded year (81)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 8 | #5,129 | under 5 | |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,804 | under 5 | |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,292 | under 5 | |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,572 | under 5 | |
| 1963 | 6 | #6,086 | under 5 | |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,861 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 1961 | 16 | #3,229 | under 5 | |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,897 | under 5 | |
| 1959 | 11 | #3,895 | under 5 | |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,283 | under 5 | |
| 1957 | 14 | #3,194 | under 5 | |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,764 | under 5 | |
| 1955 | 28 | #2,034 | under 5 | |
| 1954 | 22 | #2,325 | under 5 | |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,330 | under 5 | |
| 1952 | 19 | #2,433 | 9 | #2,744 |
| 1951 | 21 | #2,202 | under 5 | |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,947 | under 5 | |
| 1949 | 19 | #2,295 | under 5 | |
| 1948 | 12 | #3,024 | 6 | #3,432 |
| 1947 | under 5 | 5 | #3,916 | |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,928 | under 5 | |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,192 | 6 | #3,113 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,212 | 5 | #3,590 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,915 | under 5 | |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,873 | 6 | #3,331 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,572 | 7 | #2,968 |
| 1940 | 9 | #3,039 | under 5 | |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,226 | 7 | #2,937 |
| 1938 | under 5 | 6 | #3,290 | |
| 1937 | 15 | #2,119 | under 5 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 8 | #2,711 | |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,433 | 14 | #1,966 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,975 | 7 | #3,093 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,213 | 6 | #3,403 |
| 1932 | under 5 | 15 | #1,946 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 12 | #2,243 | |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,778 | 10 | #2,660 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,793 | 13 | #2,243 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,544 | 8 | #3,179 |
| 1927 | under 5 | 11 | #2,580 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 11 | #2,624 | |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,476 | 12 | #2,484 |
| 1924 | 10 | #3,215 | 16 | #2,079 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,512 | 24 | #1,563 |
| 1922 | under 5 | 16 | #2,076 | |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,166 | 8 | #3,306 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,728 | 7 | #3,604 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,706 | 14 | #2,185 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,344 | 17 | #1,933 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,178 | 16 | #1,924 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,296 | 15 | #1,984 |
| 1915 | under 5 | 8 | #2,914 | |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,827 | 10 | #2,156 |
| 1913 | under 5 | 9 | #1,991 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 7 | #2,116 | |
| 1908 | under 5 | 5 | #1,459 | |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,173 | under 5 | |
| 1903 | under 5 | 7 | #947 | |
| 1899 | under 5 | 6 | #972 | |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,482 | under 5 | |
| 1894 | under 5 | 5 | #1,136 | |
| 1889 | under 5 | 6 | #911 | |
| 1888 | under 5 | 6 | #960 | |
| 1887 | under 5 | 6 | #859 | |
| 1885 | under 5 | 7 | #792 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 7 | #802 | |
| 1883 | under 5 | 5 | #946 | |
| 1882 | under 5 | 9 | #669 | |
| 1881 | under 5 | 5 | #917 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 8 | #701 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Fayette a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,022 Americans recorded as Fayette, 57% are girls and 43% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Fayette: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Fayette, and how old are they?
An estimated 364 Americans named Fayette and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (36% of everyone recorded); the median is 71 years old and half are between 62 and 77. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 499 people named Fayette (391 women and girls, 108 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 428 born in the U.S. The Census count is 17% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 2,083 babies since 1880, Fayette is the second most given (49% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
More about Fayette and names like it
- Compare Fayette and FayettaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sFayette peaked in 1923.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Fayette since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Fayette: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1923The year the most babies were named Fayette.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Fayette alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with FMost given first.