Girls' name · since 2004
Peiton
Peiton has 25 recorded births since 2004 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #43,310 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 25
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
25 girls have been named Peiton since 2004, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Peiton recorded 25 times among girls since 2004, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2016.
- #43,310 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 25 born since 2004
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Peiton ranks #43,310 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 25 born since 2004, peaking in the 2010s.
- #43,310 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 25
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Peiton's 25 recorded births place it above 39.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Peiton's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Peiton's full recorded timeline at 2011, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2004, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Peiton popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2016
- Peak year (2010)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Peiton by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (20 births, 80% of the file).
2010s was Peiton's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 80% of all-time use.
Peiton births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 20 births (80% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Peiton: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2004–2016 (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 Peiton 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.