Paytton — girls' name
34 babies named Paytton in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
65% of everyone ever named Paytton was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Paytton in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Paytton
The Social Security Administration has registered 34 babies named Paytton between 2008 and 2011, spanning 4 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Paytton currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Paytton performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Paytton shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Paytton 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 34 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.
Paytton at a glance
Last recorded 2011Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Paytton popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2008
- Peak year (2008)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 4 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2011.
34 total births across 4 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 12 births in a single year.
Paytton by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 22 births that decade — 65% of Paytton's all-time total
Paytton decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Paytton's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
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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, 2008–2011 (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.