Peighton — #4943 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Peighton

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,717 babies named Peighton between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Peighton currently holds the #4943 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 189 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Peighton performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,463 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Peighton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 277 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Peighton in 30 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Peighton 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 2,717 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.