Payam — boys' name

What the Data Says About Payam

The Social Security Administration has registered 193 babies named Payam between 1977 and 2001, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Payam currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Payam performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 89 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Payam shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 54 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Payam in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Payam 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 193 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.