How Many People Are Named Peyton?
people named Peyton are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,471 people in the US has this name
Based on 140,602 babies named Peyton in Social Security records from 1884 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
8,028 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname, originally a place name meaning "PÆGA's town". A famous bearer was Peyton Randolph (1721-1775), the first president of the Continental Congress. It is also borne by American football quarterback Peyton Manning (1976-).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Peyton in English. Counting Peyton 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 Peyton, 63.3% were girls and 36.7% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Peyton rose from 0% in the 1910s to 80.5% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Peyton alive today is about 16 years old, and 96% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 21 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Peyton first appears in the records in 1884 and was given most often in 2009, to 8,028 babies. In 2025, 1,957 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1884 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Peyton never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #42, in 2009, and it was in the top 100 in 13 years between 2008 and 2021. In 2025 it ranked #199. Among boys, its best rank was #125, in 2007.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #199 | #684 |
| Best rank | #42 (2009) | #125 (2007) |
| Years in the top 100 | 13 (2008 to 2021) | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #64 in the 2010s | #165 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Peyton alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Peyton were born in Texas than in any other state: about 11,900 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Peyton was given about 2 times as often in Mississippi, North Dakota and West Virginia.
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