Name Legacy

Payden

Recorded 1986–2025 · United States

Payden was most popular in 2008, when 127 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,041 that year. In 2025 it ranked #11,378, with 17 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,044 people named Payden.

Most popular in2008
Rank that year#3,041
Births that year127
Total since 18802,044
Given to66% boys

Payden over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Payden’s peak in 2008. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Payden a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Payden is a unisex name — 34.3% of the 2,044 Americans given it were girls and 65.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 38% girls and 62% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Where Payden is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org