girls:
686 births since 1992
#5030 (12th percentile)
boys:
1.3k births since 1986
#3298 (28th percentile)
overall:
2k births since 1986
#5770 (25th percentile)
The name Payden is the #5,770 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,004 recorded births since 1986. This represents the 25.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 25.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,298 (28.0% percentile) for all time with 1,318 births since 1986. For girls, it ranks #5,030 (12.0% percentile) for all time with 686 births since 1992.
Payden first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1986 (1986 for boys and 1992 for girls).
The name Payden has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (65.8% of all recorded births). In 2023, 47.6% of babies named Payden were boys.
For boys, Payden reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 7.7% percentile (ranked #837) with 34 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 34 births per million (ranked 7.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2012, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Payden ranks #906 for boys (0.5% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 15.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Payden reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 5.4% percentile (ranked #907) with 28 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 28 births per million (ranked 5.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Payden ranks #941 for girls (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 22.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Payden".
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