Girls' name · since 1996
Paytan
Paytan has 170 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,498 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 170
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Paytan sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 170 recorded since 1996.
Paytan has 170 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2016.
- #21,498 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 170 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Paytan ranks #21,498 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 170 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #21,498 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 170
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Paytan's 170 recorded births place it above 70.25% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Paytan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Paytan's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 65% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 35%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1996, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Paytan popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2016
- Peak year (2009)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Paytan popularity over time - boys
7 total births recorded since 2009 (Paytan as boys' name)
Paytan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (103 births, 61% of the file).
2000s was Paytan's strongest decade.
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Paytan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 25
1990s
25 births
- 2000s
2000s
103 births
- 2010s
2010s
42 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 103 births (61% of all-time use).
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- Paytan's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (103 total births) through the 2010s (42) -- 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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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, 1996–2016 (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 Paytan 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.