Paysen — #14423 US unisex name
196 babies named Paysen in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 18% of names given to girls today.
82% of everyone ever named Paysen was born in this single decade.
35 babies were named Paysen in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Paysen
The Social Security Administration has registered 196 babies named Paysen between 2005 and 2024, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Paysen currently holds the #14423 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 35 babies received it in a single year. Paysen is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 95 additional births since 2005.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Paysen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 160 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Paysen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Paysen 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 196 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.
Paysen at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Paysen popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2005
- Peak year (2012)
- 35
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
Currently ranks #14423 among girls.
196 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 35 births in a single year.
Paysen popularity over time — boys
95 total births recorded since 2005 (Paysen as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Paysen accounts for 33% of total recorded use across both genders.
Paysen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 160 births that decade — 82% of Paysen's all-time total
Paysen decade highlights
- Peak decade 160 births
- Runner-up 29 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Paysen's strongest decade
160 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 82% of all-time use.
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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, 2005–2024 (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.