Recorded 1884–2025 · United States
Peyton was most popular in 2009, when 8,028 American babies were given the name — ranking #75 that year. In 2025 it ranked #350, with 1,957 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 140,602 people named Peyton.
Peyton first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1884, which makes it about 141 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 125 of the 142 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 140,602 American births named Peyton 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 138,290 are estimated to be alive today.
1,957 American babies were named Peyton in 2025, ranking #350 that year.
Peyton is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 2,564 births a year, against 6,309 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -59% 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 Peyton is a unisex name — 62.7% of the 140,602 Americans given it were girls and 37.3% were boys. It changed hands: since 2008 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 79% girls and 21% 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 138,290 Americans named Peyton are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 16 years old, and half are between 11 and 22. That is a narrow band: Peyton 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.
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