Boys' name · since 1988
Paydon
Paydon has 120 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,229 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 120
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Paydon is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 120 have been recorded since 1988.
Paydon has 120 recorded births among boys since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2012.
- #16,229 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 120 born since 1988
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Paydon ranks #16,229 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 120 born since 1988, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,229 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 120
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Paydon's 120 recorded births place it above 64.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Paydon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Paydon's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1988, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2004 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Paydon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2012
- Peak year (2004)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Paydon by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (76 births, 63% of the file).
2000s was Paydon's strongest decade.
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Paydon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 18
1990s
18 births
- 2000s
2000s
76 births
- 2010s 21
2010s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 76 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Paydon's decade-level peak was the 2000s (76 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar record span (~24 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1988–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Paydon 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 August 2026.