Payne — #8987 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Payne

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,291 babies named Payne between 1900 and 2024, spanning 125 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Payne currently holds the #8987 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 121 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Payne performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 551 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Payne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 91 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Payne in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Payne 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 1,291 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.