girls:
58.5k births since 1966
#526 (91st percentile)
boys:
24.5k births since 1880
#733 (84th percentile)
overall:
83k births since 1880
#780 (90th percentile)
The name Payton is the #780 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 82,997 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 89.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 89.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #526 (90.8% percentile) for all time with 58,491 births since 1966. For boys, it ranks #733 (84.0% percentile) for all time with 24,506 births since 1880.
Payton has appeared in U.S. birth records since the beginning of our dataset in 1880 (since 1880 for boys and since 1966 for girls). Birth data for Payton is available in 119 out of the 144 years between 1880 and 2023 (119 years for boys and 51 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Payton has been given predominantly to girls, with 70.5% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 89.3% of babies named Payton were girls. Interestingly, until around 1994, the name was more popular for boys (69.9% boys from 1880 to 1993), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (72.3% girls from 1994 to 2023).
For girls, Payton reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 91.7% percentile (ranked #79) with 1,829 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 1,829 births per million (ranked 91.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Payton ranks #293 for girls (69.1% percentile) with 566 births per million, which is 30.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Payton reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 74.0% percentile (ranked #212) with 757 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 757 births per million (ranked 74.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2004, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Payton ranks #797 for boys (12.5% percentile) with 65 births per million, which is 8.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Payton".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Payton. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 87.8% confident that Payton is pronounced as PAY-tuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is PAY-tihn, at 12.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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