Unisex name · since 2005
Paysen
Paysen has 203 recorded births since 2005 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,670 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,655 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 203
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
203 babies have been named Paysen since 2005, making it today's #12655 unisex name.
Paysen has 203 recorded births among girls since 2005, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12655 as of the latest data, more common than 27% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.
- #19,670 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,655 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 203 born since 2005
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Paysen ranks #19,670 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,655 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 203 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,670 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,655 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 203
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Paysen's 203 recorded births place it above 72.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Paysen compares
203 37th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Paysen's all-time total is 46% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Paysen | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 203 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 35 | 21 | 19,840 |
Paysen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Paysen splits its recorded history at 2017: 29% of all births land in the more recent half, 71% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2021 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 35 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Paysen popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 35
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Paysen popularity over time - boys
96 total births recorded since 2005 (Paysen as boys' name)
Paysen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (160 births, 79% of the file).
2010s was Paysen's strongest decade.
160 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Paysen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2010s
2010s
160 births
- 2020s 36
2020s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 160 births (79% of all-time use).
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- Paysen's decade-level peak was the 2010s (160 total births); usage has since declined to 36 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Paysen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~20 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, 2005–2025 (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 Paysen 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.