Payton
#440 for girls in 2025, 701 births · #1,564 for boys in 2025, 109 births
Given to girls 70.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2010 · 3,589 births
- Debut · girls
- 18 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 4 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 60,045since 1966
Payton over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #440 | 701 | #1,564 | 109 |
| 2024 | #381 | 823 | #1,517 | 117 |
| 2023 | #311 | 991 | #1,489 | 120 |
| 2022 | #288 | 1,099 | #1,308 | 144 |
| 2021 | #267 | 1,168 | #1,240 | 154 |
| 2020 | #218 | 1,333 | #1,119 | 176 |
| 2019 | #215 | 1,423 | #1,102 | 179 |
| 2018 | #218 | 1,428 | #907 | 237 |
| 2017 | #189 | 1,650 | #796 | 288 |
| 2016 | #183 | 1,802 | #816 | 281 |
| 2015 | #153 | 2,117 | #687 | 365 |
| 2014 | #134 | 2,416 | #644 | 410 |
| 2013 | #122 | 2,620 | #521 | 510 |
| 2012 | #103 | 2,946 | #455 | 598 |
| 2011 | #95 | 3,153 | #395 | 720 |
| 2010 | #79 | 3,589 | #345 | 891 |
| 2009 | #84 | 3,646 | #328 | 972 |
| 2008 | #91 | 3,612 | #276 | 1,240 |
| 2007 | #153 | 2,284 | #279 | 1,231 |
| 2006 | #163 | 2,158 | #269 | 1,291 |
| 2005 | #158 | 2,184 | #238 | 1,429 |
| 2004 | #159 | 2,077 | #239 | 1,396 |
| 2003 | #204 | 1,619 | #261 | 1,268 |
| 2002 | #182 | 1,758 | #256 | 1,273 |
| 2001 | #164 | 1,983 | #255 | 1,315 |
| 2000 | #163 | 2,059 | #219 | 1,581 |
| 1999 | #230 | 1,394 | #304 | 947 |
| 1998 | #227 | 1,368 | #308 | 914 |
| 1997 | #224 | 1,336 | #362 | 684 |
| 1996 | #284 | 1,018 | #406 | 576 |
| 1995 | #408 | 638 | #509 | 400 |
| 1994 | #445 | 568 | #507 | 401 |
| 1993 | #483 | 522 | #572 | 320 |
| 1992 | #702 | 307 | #634 | 262 |
| 1991 | #2,660 | 45 | #805 | 164 |
| 1990 | #4,230 | 23 | #893 | 132 |
| 1989 | #4,848 | 18 | #1,057 | 97 |
| 1988 | #4,015 | 22 | #929 | 106 |
| 1987 | #3,857 | 22 | #929 | 104 |
| 1986 | #5,459 | 13 | #965 | 90 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | #1,614 | 39 |
| 1984 | — | #1,458 | 43 | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #2,208 | 23 |
| 1982 | — | #2,426 | 20 | |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | #2,270 | 22 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | #1,852 | 30 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #2,048 | 25 |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 | #1,688 | 32 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #2,417 | 18 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #2,799 | 13 |
| 1973 | — | #2,216 | 18 | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #2,080 | 19 |
| 1971 | — | #1,705 | 27 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,939 | 21 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,810 | 21 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,894 | 18 | |
| 1967 | #3,484 | 14 | #1,906 | 17 |
| 1966 | #2,937 | 18 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | — | #1,806 | 19 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,205 | 14 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,044 | 16 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,364 | 12 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,148 | 15 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,685 | 10 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,530 | 11 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,370 | 12 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,093 | 15 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,821 | 19 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,435 | 11 | |
| 1954 | — | #3,452 | 6 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,677 | 21 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,680 | 9 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,367 | 11 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,021 | 7 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,337 | 11 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,758 | 18 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,850 | 17 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,509 | 22 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,393 | 9 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,890 | 14 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,636 | 19 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,145 | 12 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,997 | 13 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,983 | 13 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,636 | 17 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,479 | 9 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,756 | 16 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,301 | 10 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,656 | 18 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,266 | 11 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,997 | 13 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,313 | 11 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,003 | 14 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,293 | 12 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,002 | 15 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,707 | 20 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,959 | 17 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,302 | 13 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,806 | 19 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,043 | 16 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,589 | 23 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,347 | 13 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,904 | 18 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,966 | 17 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,752 | 19 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,648 | 21 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,091 | 14 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,389 | 11 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,184 | 12 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,271 | 9 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,676 | 11 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,746 | 9 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,421 | 6 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
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| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
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| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
The first year at least five girls were named Payton! It came in at #2,937, and was given to 18 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1968–1971, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Payton is popular in 2002
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Dakota#55 · 1 in 197
- Wyoming#66 · 1 in 177
- Alabama#77 · 1 in 375
- Montana#80 · 1 in 275
- North Dakota#81 · 1 in 231
Best ever in a state: #14 in Wyoming, 2008.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #55 | 15 | 1 in 197 |
| Wyoming | #66 | 7 | 1 in 177 |
| Alabama | #77 | 52 | 1 in 375 |
| Montana | #80 | 10 | 1 in 275 |
| North Dakota | #81 | 10 | 1 in 231 |
| Nebraska | #87 | 25 | 1 in 332 |
| Iowa | #103 | 33 | 1 in 409 |
| Missouri | #108 | 61 | 1 in 458 |
| Arkansas | #110 | 27 | 1 in 438 |
| Idaho | #111 | 16 | 1 in 388 |
| South Carolina | #112 | 34 | 1 in 485 |
| Wisconsin | #112 | 52 | 1 in 478 |
| Indiana | #117 | 63 | 1 in 512 |
| Ohio | #117 | 105 | 1 in 554 |
| West Virginia | #117 | 15 | 1 in 476 |
| Minnesota | #119 | 48 | 1 in 529 |
| Colorado | #122 | 49 | 1 in 507 |
| Louisiana | #128 | 36 | 1 in 570 |
| Washington | #135 | 48 | 1 in 592 |
| Kentucky | #139 | 31 | 1 in 622 |
| Oklahoma | #139 | 30 | 1 in 554 |
| Kansas | #147 | 24 | 1 in 560 |
| North Carolina | #148 | 63 | 1 in 690 |
| Michigan | #151 | 67 | 1 in 728 |
| Illinois | #157 | 97 | 1 in 708 |
| Oregon | #159 | 25 | 1 in 641 |
| Alaska | #162 | 5 | 1 in 457 |
| Georgia | #180 | 54 | 1 in 896 |
| Texas | #200 | 165 | 1 in 945 |
| Tennessee | #202 | 31 | 1 in 968 |
| Mississippi | #206 | 13 | 1 in 870 |
| Pennsylvania | #211 | 52 | 1 in 1,063 |
| Maryland | #214 | 24 | 1 in 990 |
| Connecticut | #215 | 14 | 1 in 1,046 |
| Virginia | #220 | 35 | 1 in 1,019 |
| Utah | #237 | 18 | 1 in 978 |
| Florida | #247 | 62 | 1 in 1,242 |
| Massachusetts | #250 | 23 | 1 in 1,334 |
| Arizona | #261 | 29 | 1 in 1,119 |
| New Mexico | #286 | 8 | 1 in 1,041 |
| Nevada | #289 | 9 | 1 in 1,133 |
| New Jersey | #308 | 24 | 1 in 1,717 |
| California | #404 | 104 | 1 in 2,142 |
| New York | #538 | 30 | 1 in 3,229 |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Payton
- 59 spots since 2024 (#381 → #440)
- 222 spots since 2020 (#218 → #440)
- 287 spots since 2015 (#153 → #440)
- Biggest jump: 1,958 spots in 1992 (#2,660 → #702)
- Biggest drop: 70 spots in 2024 (#311 → #381)
- Debuted 1966
- Peaked 2010 at #79 (3,589 births)
- Births halved by 2017, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 4 yrs · run 2008–2011
- Top 1,000: 34 yrs · run 1992–2025
- Highest: 1 in 495 girls born in 2010 were named Payton (0.20%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,293 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
- 38.9% of all girls named Payton (23,380) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1991, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32 | #2,937 (1966) | #3,211 |
| 1970s | 45 | #6,340 (1977) | #8,022 |
| 1980s | 110 | #3,857 (1987) | #5,921 |
| 1990s | 7,219 | #224 (1997) | #989 |
| 2000s | 23,380 | #84 (2009) | #152 |
| 2010s | 23,144 | #79 (2010) | #149 |
| 2020s | 6,115 | #218 (2020) | #318 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Payton in 2002
Top girls' names in 2002
Top boys' names in 2002
More about 2002
girls
1,796,882 girls got a published name in 2002; 1 in 1,022 of them was named Payton, which outranked 99.0% of the 18,086 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,941,514 boys got a published name in 2002; 1 in 1,525 of them was named Payton, which outranked 98.0% of the 12,489 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.