How Many People Are Named Payne?

1,241

people named Payne are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 275,410 people in the US has this name

Based on 1,316 babies named Payne in Social Security records from 1900 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#9,196

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#3,391

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Peak Year

2000

121 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
1.3%
Male
98.7%

Of the babies given the name Payne, 1.3% were girls and 98.7% were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Payne alive today is about 22 years old, and 77% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 29 in 2025.

Under 30 960
77.4%
30 to 59 279
22.5%
60 and over 1
0.1%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Payne first appears in the records in 1900 and was given most often in 2000, to 121 babies. In 2025, 14 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1900 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Payne has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,147, in 2000. In 2025 it ranked #8,740.

Boys
Rank in 2025#8,740
Best rank#1,147 (2000)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#2,212 in the 2000s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Payne alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Payne were born in Texas than in any other state: about 89 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Payne was given about 4.2 times as often in Texas.

Texas 89
Ohio 36
Michigan 19
California 17
Florida 12
Georgia 11
North Carolina 8
Pennsylvania 8
Tennessee 6
Iowa 5
Indiana 5
Louisiana 5

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