Is Fayette a boy or girl name?

Fayette is a unisex name. Of the 1,022 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 57.1% were girls and 42.9% were boys. It changed hands in 1952, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Fayette

Recorded 1880–2022 · United States

Fayette was most popular in 1923, when 38 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,322 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,022 people named Fayette.

Fayette over time

Births per year. The dot marks Fayette’s peak in 1923. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Fayette a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Fayette is a unisex name — 57.1% of the 1,022 Americans given it were girls and 42.9% were boys. It changed hands: since 1952 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org