Total births
18
Girls' name · since 2017
Paighten
18 babies named Paighten in U.S. Social Security records since 2017, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 18
- total births
- 2017–2019
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
Paighten sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 18 recorded since 2017.
Paighten has 18 recorded births among girls since 2017, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2019.
- 18 total births
- 2017–2019 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 100% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
18 girls have been named Paighten since 2017, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2019.
- 18
- total births
- 2017–2019
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
2010s
Peak decade
100% of everyone ever named Paighten was born in this single decade.
2019
Single peak year
7 babies were named Paighten in 2019 - its busiest year on record.
Paighten's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Paighten's full recorded timeline at 2018, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2018, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Paighten at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
2019
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2017
Paighten popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2019
- Peak year (2019)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Paighten by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Paighten's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Paighten births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 18 births (100% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Paighten? ▼
Since 2017, Social Security records show 18 babies named Paighten. The most recent recorded year was 2019. Its busiest year on record was 2019, with 7 births.
When was Paighten most popular? ▼
Paighten was most popular in the 2010s decade with 18 total births. The single peak year was 2019.
How long has the name Paighten been used? ▼
Paighten has been recorded in Social Security data since 2017, spanning 3 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Paighten? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Paige, Paisley, Paislee, Paityn, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
Keep exploring Paighten
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Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Paighten
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Paislee Girl
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Paityn Girl
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Paisleigh Girl
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Compare Paighten side by side: Paighten vs Paige Paighten vs Paisley Paighten vs Paislee
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Data Sources
Data as of June 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2017–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Paighten: Baby Name Since 2017 - 18 Births, Peak 2019." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/paighten. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Paighten draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.