girls:
84.8k births since 1957
#415 (93rd percentile)
boys:
51.6k births since 1884
#490 (89th percentile)
overall:
136.4k births since 1884
#545 (93rd percentile)
The name Peyton is the #545 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 136,360 recorded births since 1884. This represents the 93.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 93.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #415 (92.8% percentile) for all time with 84,806 births since 1957. For boys, it ranks #490 (89.3% percentile) for all time with 51,554 births since 1884.
Peyton first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1884 (1884 for boys and 1957 for girls). Birth data for Peyton is available in 123 out of the 140 years between 1884 and 2023 (123 years for boys and 64 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 Peyton has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (62.2% of all recorded births). In 2023, 80.7% of babies named Peyton were girls. Interestingly, until around 1993, the name was more popular for boys (71.2% boys from 1884 to 1992), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (63.1% girls from 1993 to 2023).
For girls, Peyton reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 95.7% percentile (ranked #42) with 2,626 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 2,626 births per million (ranked 95.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Peyton ranks #139 for girls (85.4% percentile) with 1,117 births per million, which is 42.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Peyton reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 86.2% percentile (ranked #123) with 1,524 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 1,524 births per million (ranked 86.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2009, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Peyton ranks #515 for boys (43.5% percentile) with 255 births per million, which is 16.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Peyton".
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