Paighton — girls' name

What the Data Says About Paighton

The Social Security Administration has registered 373 babies named Paighton between 1996 and 2021, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Paighton currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Paighton performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 162 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Paighton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Paighton in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Paighton 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 373 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.