Girls' name · since 1962
Payge
1,124 babies named Payge in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,917 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,124
- born since 1962
- 2000s
- peak decade
Payge is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 1,124 have been recorded since 1962.
Payge has 1,124 recorded births among girls since 1962, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls 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 1962 to 2022.
- #6,917 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,124 born since 1962
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Payge ranks #6,917 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,124 born since 1962, peaking in the 2000s.
- #6,917 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,124
- born since 1962
- 2000s
- peak decade
Payge's 1,124 recorded births place it above 90.43% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
11 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Ohio.
Payge's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Payge's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2021, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 63, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Payge popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–2022
- Peak year (2006)
- 63
- Annual births at peak, across 61 years of records
Payge by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (511 births, 45% of the file).
2000s was Payge's strongest decade.
511 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Payge births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 1990s
1990s
323 births
- 2000s
2000s
511 births
- 2010s
2010s
251 births
- 2020s 17
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 511 births (45% of all-time use).
How Payge compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Payge's total volume
Payge by state
Where Payge concentrates geographically, total births since 1962
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 38 | 3.4% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 31 | 2.8% |
| #3 | Texas | | 21 | 1.9% |
| #4 | Indiana | | 17 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 16 | 1.4% |
| #6 | California | | 9 | 0.8% |
| #7 | New York | | 9 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.4% |
38 of 1,124 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Payge appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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- Payge's decade-level peak was the 2000s (511 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Ohio records the most Payges (38 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Ohio names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Payge: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~60 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, 1962–2022 (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 Payge 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.