Recorded 1992–2025 · United States
Payten was most popular in 2009, when 343 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,519 that year. In 2025 it ranked #12,918, with 14 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,975 people named Payten.
Payten first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1992, which makes it about 33 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 34 of the 34 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,975 American births named Payten between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 3,937 are estimated to be alive today.
14 American babies were named Payten in 2025, ranking #12,918 that year.
Payten is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 33 births a year, against 187 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -83% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Payten is mostly a girl’s name — 84.1% of the 3,975 Americans given it were girls and 15.9% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 90% girls and 10% 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.
Roughly 3,937 Americans named Payten are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 17 years old, and half are between 14 and 21. That is a narrow band: Payten arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
A variant of Peyton · Old English · a place name, "Paega's farm"
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