Peiton — girls' name
25 babies named Peiton in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
80% of everyone ever named Peiton was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Peiton in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Peiton
The Social Security Administration has registered 25 babies named Peiton between 2004 and 2016, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Peiton currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Peiton performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Peiton shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Peiton 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 25 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.
Peiton at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Peiton popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2004
- Peak year (2010)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
25 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 8 births in a single year.
Peiton by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 20 births that decade — 80% of Peiton's all-time total
Peiton decade highlights
- Peak decade 20 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Peiton's strongest decade
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 80% 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, 2004–2016 (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.