Girls' name · since 1998
Peytan
Peytan has 287 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,306 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 287
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Peytan is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 287 have been recorded since 1998.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Peytan has been recorded 287 times among girls since 1998, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2020.
- #16,306 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 287 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Peytan ranks #16,306 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 287 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,306 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 287
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Peytan's 287 recorded births place it above 77.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Peytan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Peytan's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2020, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2011 peak of 28, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Peytan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2020
- Peak year (2011)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Peytan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (138 births, 48% of the file).
2000s was Peytan's strongest decade.
138 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Peytan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 16
1990s
16 births
- 2000s
2000s
138 births
- 2010s
2010s
128 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 138 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Peytan's decade-level peak was the 2000s (138 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Peytan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~22 yrs)
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, 1998–2020 (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 Peytan 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.