Paetyn — #8176 US girls' name
1,080 babies named Paetyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 54% of names given to girls today.
55% of everyone ever named Paetyn was born in this single decade.
90 babies were named Paetyn in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Paetyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,080 babies named Paetyn between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Paetyn currently holds the #8176 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 90 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Paetyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 594 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Paetyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 47 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Paetyn in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Paetyn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,080 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Paetyn at a glance
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Current rank
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Paetyn popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1996
- Peak year (2011)
- 90
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
Currently ranks #8176 among girls.
1,080 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 90 births in a single year.
Paetyn popularity over time — boys
11 total births recorded since 2013 (Paetyn as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Paetyn accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Paetyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 594 births that decade — 55% of Paetyn's all-time total
Paetyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 594 births
- Runner-up 307 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Paetyn's strongest decade
594 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Paetyn by state
Where Paetyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 47 | 4.4% |
| #2 | California | | 26 | 2.4% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 17 | 1.6% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 17 | 1.6% |
| #5 | Iowa | | 13 | 1.2% |
| #6 | New York | | 8 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Kentucky | | 5 | 0.5% |
47 of 1,080 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.4% of nationwide
- California 2.4% of nationwide
- Michigan 1.6% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 1.6% of nationwide
- Iowa 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 13 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Paetyn appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1996–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.