Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Lafe

#5,990 most common boys' name of all time · #14,909 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#5,990
Rank overall
#14,909 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
92 of 146
All-time
696
Since 2016
21
Peak year
1884 #467
Best rank
#467 1884
Girls Boys peak 17/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Lafe is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 5 5 #12,033
2020 — 6 6 #10,627
2018 — 5 5 #12,186
2016 — 5 5 #12,214
2013 — 5 5 #12,158
2012 — 6 6 #10,789
2010 — 6 6 #10,788
2006 — 11 11 #6,916
2005 — 5 5 #11,496
2003 — 6 6 #9,603
2002 — 5 5 #10,697
1994 — 6 6 #7,788
1992 — 5 5 #8,459
1991 — 6 6 #7,290
1990 — 5 5 #8,149
1988 — 7 7 #5,776
1987 — 8 8 #4,986
1986 — 5 5 #6,763
1985 — 7 7 #5,169
1984 — 12 12 #3,471
1983 — 14 14 #3,085
1982 — 8 8 #4,609
1981 — 8 8 #4,525
1980 — 7 7 #4,956
1979 — 14 14 #3,026
1978 — 8 8 #4,172
1977 — 5 5 #5,877
1976 — 6 6 #4,960
1975 — 11 11 #3,257
1974 — 5 5 #5,253
1973 — 5 5 #5,130
1972 — 5 5 #5,009
1971 — 9 9 #3,391
1968 — 6 6 #3,698
1967 — 5 5 #3,992
1965 — 10 10 #2,631
1964 — 14 14 #2,215
1962 — 11 11 #2,525
1961 — 15 15 #2,156
1959 — 10 10 #2,674
1958 — 6 6 #3,590
1955 — 10 10 #2,579
1954 — 6 6 #3,468
1953 — 5 5 #3,832
1952 — 6 6 #3,390
1951 — 5 5 #3,742
1950 — 5 5 #3,708
1948 — 7 7 #3,026
1947 — 6 6 #3,391
1946 — 5 5 #3,559
1945 — 5 5 #3,372
1944 — 7 7 #2,880
1943 — 5 5 #3,564
1942 — 8 8 #2,729
1941 — 6 6 #3,161
1938 — 9 9 #2,500
1937 — 5 5 #3,548
1935 — 7 7 #2,974
1934 — 6 6 #3,299
1933 — 6 6 #3,300
1932 — 11 11 #2,322
1931 — 7 7 #3,110
1930 — 6 6 #3,621
1929 — 8 8 #3,004
1928 — 10 10 #2,670
1927 — 7 7 #3,471
1926 — 11 11 #2,579
1925 — 9 9 #2,954
1924 — 12 12 #2,487
1923 — 8 8 #3,192
1922 — 11 11 #2,646
1921 — 6 6 #3,893
1920 — 5 5 #4,313
1919 — 11 11 #2,527
1918 — 15 15 #2,080
1917 — 5 5 #4,020
1916 — 17 17 #1,779
1915 — 9 9 #2,634
1914 — 5 5 #3,284
1913 — 7 7 #2,298
1912 — 7 7 #2,066
1905 — 7 7 #1,020
1903 — 5 5 #1,168
1898 — 5 5 #1,152
1895 — 5 5 #1,110
1890 — 6 6 #914
1887 — 6 6 #843
1886 — 6 6 #878
1885 — 10 10 #625
1884 — 17 17 #467
1881 — 6 6 #807
1880 — 9 9 #666