Recorded 1998–2020 Girls' name Peak 2011 287 births

Peytan — girls' name

287 babies named Peytan in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s162000s1382010s1282020s5
2000s
Peak decade

48% of everyone ever named Peytan was born in this single decade.

2011
Single peak year

28 babies were named Peytan in 2011 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Peytan

The Social Security Administration has registered 287 babies named Peytan between 1998 and 2020, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Peytan currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Peytan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 138 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Peytan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Peytan 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 287 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.

Peytan at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

287

Since 1998

23 years of records

Peak year

2011

28 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

1998

Recorded for 23 years

Last year on file: 2020

Peytan popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1998

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (2011)
28
Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
0102030 20202016201320102007200420001998 8

Peytan by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
138 births that decade — 48% of Peytan's all-time total
1990s162000s1382010s1282020s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Peytan?
287 babies have been named Peytan since 1998. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 2011 with 28 births.
When was Peytan most popular?
Peytan was most popular in the 2000s decade with 138 total births. The single peak year was 2011.
How long has the name Peytan been used?
Peytan has been recorded in Social Security data since 1998, spanning 23 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Peytan?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Peyton, Peyten, Peytyn, Peytin, and 4 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, 1998–2020 (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.