Is Peyten a boy or girl name?

Peyten is a unisex name. Of the 640 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 79.5% were girls and 20.5% were boys.

Peyten

Recorded 1992–2024 · United States

Peyten was most popular in 2009, when 60 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,009 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 640 people named Peyten.

Peyten over time

Births per year. The dot marks Peyten’s peak in 2009. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Peyten a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Peyten is a unisex name — 79.5% of the 640 Americans given it were girls and 20.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 92% girls and 8% 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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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org