How Many People Are Named Payton?
people named Payton are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 4,106 people in the US has this name
Based on 84,784 babies named Payton in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
4,852 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of PEYTON.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Payton in English. Counting Payton and these spellings together, about 221,511 people alive in the US have the name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Payton, 71.5% were girls and 28.5% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Payton rose from 0% in the 1910s to 88.2% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Payton alive today is about 18 years old, and 94% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 23 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Payton first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2008, to 4,852 babies. In 2025, 810 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Payton never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #79, in 2010, and it was in the top 100 for 4 years, 2008 to 2011. In 2025 it ranked #440. Among boys, its best rank was #219, in 2000.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #440 | #1,569 |
| Best rank | #79 (2010) | #219 (2000) |
| Years in the top 100 | 4 (2008 to 2011) | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #143 in the 2000s | #260 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Payton alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Payton were born in Texas than in any other state: about 7,102 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Payton was given 2.6 times as often in Montana, 2.5 times in Wyoming and 2.4 times in South Dakota.
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