Recorded 2002–2011 Girls' name Peak 2009 42 births

Payshence — girls' name

42 babies named Payshence in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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2000s
Peak decade

74% of everyone ever named Payshence was born in this single decade.

2009
Single peak year

9 babies were named Payshence in 2009 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Payshence

The Social Security Administration has registered 42 babies named Payshence between 2002 and 2011, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Payshence currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Payshence performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Payshence shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Payshence 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 42 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.

Payshence at a glance

Last recorded 2011

Total births

42

Since 2002

10 years of records

Peak year

2009

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2011

Active since

2002

Recorded for 10 years

Last year on file: 2011

Payshence popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2002

Last recorded 2011
Peak year (2009)
9
Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
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Payshence by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
31 births that decade — 74% of Payshence's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Payshence?
42 babies have been named Payshence since 2002. It was last recorded in 2011. The peak year was 2009 with 9 births.
When was Payshence most popular?
Payshence was most popular in the 2000s decade with 31 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
How long has the name Payshence been used?
Payshence has been recorded in Social Security data since 2002, spanning 10 years of data through 2011.
What names are similar to Payshence?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Payton, Payten, Payge, Payson, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2002–2011 (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.