Payeton — girls' name
75 babies named Payeton in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
75% of everyone ever named Payeton was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Payeton in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Payeton
The Social Security Administration has registered 75 babies named Payeton between 2004 and 2016, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Payeton currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Payeton performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Payeton shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Payeton 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 75 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.
Payeton at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Payeton popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2004
- Peak year (2011)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
75 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 13 births in a single year.
Payeton by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 56 births that decade — 75% of Payeton's all-time total
Payeton decade highlights
- Peak decade 56 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Payeton's strongest decade
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 75% of all-time use.
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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, 2004–2016 (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.