Girls' name · since 2002
Payshence
Payshence has 42 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #37,058 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 42
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Payshence is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 42 have been recorded since 2002.
Social Security Administration records show Payshence recorded 42 times among girls since 2002, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2011.
- #37,058 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 42 born since 2002
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Payshence ranks #37,058 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 42 born since 2002, peaking in the 2000s.
- #37,058 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 42
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Payshence's 42 recorded births place it above 48.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Payshence's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Payshence's full recorded timeline at 2008, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Payshence popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2011
- Peak year (2009)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Payshence by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (31 births, 74% of the file).
2000s was Payshence's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.
Payshence births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
31 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 31 births (74% of all-time use).
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- Payshence's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (31 total births) through the 2010s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Payshence: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~9 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, 2002–2011 (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 Payshence 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.