Recorded 2005–2019 Girls' name Peak 2012 162 births

Peightyn — girls' name

162 babies named Peightyn in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s252010s137
2010s
Peak decade

85% of everyone ever named Peightyn was born in this single decade.

2012
Single peak year

23 babies were named Peightyn in 2012 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Peightyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 162 babies named Peightyn between 2005 and 2019, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Peightyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Peightyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 137 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Peightyn shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Peightyn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Peightyn 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 162 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.

Peightyn at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

162

Since 2005

15 years of records

Peak year

2012

23 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

2005

Recorded for 15 years

Last year on file: 2019

Peightyn popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2005

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2012)
23
Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
0510152025 2019201720152013201120092005 5

Peightyn by decade

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

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
137 births that decade — 85% of Peightyn's all-time total
2000s252010s137

Peightyn by state

Where Peightyn concentrates geographically — total births since 2005

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Peightyn
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
5 3.1%
Texas share of Peightyn's total US births 3.1%

5 of 162 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Peightyn?
162 babies have been named Peightyn since 2005. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2012 with 23 births.
When was Peightyn most popular?
Peightyn was most popular in the 2010s decade with 137 total births. The single peak year was 2012.
Where is Peightyn most popular?
The top states for the name Peightyn are Texas (5 births).
How long has the name Peightyn been used?
Peightyn has been recorded in Social Security data since 2005, spanning 15 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Peightyn?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Peighton, Peityn, Peiton, Pei, and 1 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, 2005–2019 (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.