Recorded 2017–2019 Girls' name Peak 2019 18 births

Paighten — girls' name

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.

2010s18
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.

What the Data Says About Paighten

The Social Security Administration has registered 18 babies named Paighten between 2017 and 2019, spanning 3 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Paighten currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Paighten performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window.

No etymological entry is currently available for Paighten 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 18 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.

Paighten at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

18

Since 2017

3 years of records

Peak year

2019

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

2017

Recorded for 3 years

Last year on file: 2019

Paighten popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2017

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2019)
7
Annual births at peak — across 3 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 201920182017 6

Paighten by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
18 births that decade — 100% of Paighten's all-time total
2010s18

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Paighten?
18 babies have been named Paighten since 2017. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year 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.

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, 2017–2019 (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.