Recorded 2009–2018 Girls' name Peak 2012 40 births

Paylen — girls' name

40 babies named Paylen in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s62010s34
2010s
Peak decade

85% of everyone ever named Paylen was born in this single decade.

2012
Single peak year

8 babies were named Paylen in 2012 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Paylen

The Social Security Administration has registered 40 babies named Paylen between 2009 and 2018, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Paylen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Paylen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 34 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Paylen shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Paylen 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 40 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.

Paylen at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

40

Since 2009

10 years of records

Peak year

2012

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

2009

Recorded for 10 years

Last year on file: 2018

Paylen popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2009

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2012)
8
Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
5.566.577.588.5 201820152014201220112009 6

Paylen by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
34 births that decade — 85% of Paylen's all-time total
2000s62010s34

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Paylen?
40 babies have been named Paylen since 2009. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2012 with 8 births.
When was Paylen most popular?
Paylen was most popular in the 2010s decade with 34 total births. The single peak year was 2012.
How long has the name Paylen been used?
Paylen has been recorded in Social Security data since 2009, spanning 10 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Paylen?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Payton, Payten, Payge, Payson, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2009–2018 (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.