change \figurename when using babel

Question

Consider this example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}                                             
%\usepackage[latvian]{babel}                                                    
\renewcommand{\figurename}{att.}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
  \includegraphics{example-image-a}
  \caption{cap}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

\renewcommand{\figurename}{att.} fails once I uncomment the line

\usepackage[latvian]{babel}.

The purpose is to override the settings in babel.

How to solve this problem?