Girls' name · since 2011
Paysley
118 babies named Paysley in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,340 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,830 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 118
- born since 2011
- 2010s
- peak decade
Paysley currently ranks #12830 among girls' names in America, with 118 babies recorded since 2011.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Paysley has been recorded 118 times among girls since 2011, currently ranked #12830 nationally and more common than 26% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2025.
- #25,340 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,830 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 118 born since 2011
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Paysley ranks #25,340 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,830 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 118 born since 2011, peaking in the 2010s.
- #25,340 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,830 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 118
- born since 2011
- 2010s
- peak decade
Paysley's 118 recorded births place it above 64.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Paysley compares
118 28th 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
Paysley's all-time total is 69% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Paysley | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 118 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Paysley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Paysley splits its recorded history at 2018: 38% of all births land in the more recent half, 62% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2020 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Paysley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Paysley by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (86 births, 73% of the file).
2010s was Paysley's strongest decade.
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 73% of all-time use.
Paysley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
86 births
- 2020s 32
2020s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 86 births (73% of all-time use).
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What to do with Paysley's data
- Paysley's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (86 total births) through the 2020s (32) -- 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 Paysley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~14 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, 2011–2025 (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 Paysley 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.