Boys' name · since 1900
Payne
1,300 babies named Payne in U.S. Social Security records since 1900, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,352 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,268 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,300
- born since 1900
- 2000s
- peak decade
Payne currently ranks #8268 among boys' names in America, with 1,300 babies recorded since 1900.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Payne has been recorded 1,300 times among boys since 1900, currently ranked #8268 nationally and more common than 41% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1900 to 2025.
- #4,352 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,268 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,300 born since 1900
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Payne ranks #4,352 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,268 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,300 born since 1900, peaking in the 2000s.
- #4,352 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,268 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,300
- born since 1900
- 2000s
- peak decade
Payne's 1,300 recorded births place it above 90.42% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
12 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Payne compares
1,300 Top 28% higher than 72% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Payne's all-time total is 4x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Payne | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,300 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 121 | 34 | 22,252 |
Payne's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Payne splits its recorded history at 2001: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1900 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2000 peak of 121 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Payne popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1900–2025
- Peak year (2000)
- 121
- Annual births at peak, across 126 years of records
Payne popularity over time - girls
16 total births recorded since 1994 (Payne as girls' name)
Payne by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (551 births, 42% of the file).
2000s was Payne's strongest decade.
551 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Payne births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s 29
1910s
29 births
- 1920s 12
1920s
12 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1980s 50
1980s
50 births
- 1990s
1990s
365 births
- 2000s
2000s
551 births
- 2010s 203
2010s
203 births
- 2020s 80
2020s
80 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 551 births (42% of all-time use).
How Payne compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Payne's total volume
Payne by state
Where Payne concentrates geographically, total births since 1900
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 91 | 7.0% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 37 | 2.8% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 19 | 1.5% |
| #4 | California | | 17 | 1.3% |
| #5 | Florida | | 12 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 11 | 0.8% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 8 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 8 | 0.6% |
91 of 1,300 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Payne appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Payne's data
- Payne's decade-level peak was the 2000s (551 total births); usage has since declined to 80 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Paynes (91 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Payne: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~125 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, 1900–2025 (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 Payne 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.