Paymon — boys' name
57 babies named Paymon in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
54% of everyone ever named Paymon was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Paymon in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Paymon
The Social Security Administration has registered 57 babies named Paymon between 1981 and 1995, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Paymon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Paymon performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Paymon shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Paymon in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Paymon 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 57 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.
Paymon at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Paymon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1981
- Peak year (1995)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1995.
57 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 10 births in a single year.
Paymon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 31 births that decade — 54% of Paymon's all-time total
Paymon decade highlights
- Peak decade 31 births
- Runner-up 26 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Paymon's strongest decade
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
Paymon by state
Where Paymon concentrates geographically — total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 10.5% |
6 of 57 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 10.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1981–1995 (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.