Peyton
Peyton is a unisex name: 1,559 girls and 398 boys were given it in 2025 (#199 among girls’ names and #684 among boys’, #350 among all names counting both); 140,602 Americans have been recorded with it since 1884 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026). Girls have outnumbered boys among babies named Peyton every year since 2008.
An estimated 138,000 Americans named Peyton and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (98% of everyone recorded); the median is 16 years old and half are between 11 and 22.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Peyton by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Peyton mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Peyton is “a female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.”
Also “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
Variant of Payton.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Peyton?
#199 among girls’ names, 2025
Peyton fell from #72 in 2015 to #199 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 2.2 to 1.0 per 1,000.
8,028 babies in 2009, the peak
Peyton peaked in 2009, when 8,028 babies were given it (5,318 girls, #42 among girls’ names). The 1,957 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 24% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,559 | #199 | 398 | #684 |
| 2024 | 1,817 | #169 | 417 | #658 |
| 2023 | 1,960 | #143 | 467 | #608 |
| 2022 | 2,319 | #125 | 556 | #535 |
| 2021 | 2,695 | #100 | 634 | #471 |
| 2020 | 2,730 | #98 | 687 | #433 |
| 2019 | 2,869 | #97 | 698 | #437 |
| 2018 | 2,912 | #102 | 797 | #399 |
| 2017 | 3,260 | #89 | 999 | #341 |
| 2016 | 3,511 | #81 | 1,248 | #288 |
Every recorded year (125)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3,906 | #72 | 1,383 | #262 |
| 2014 | 4,455 | #56 | 1,842 | #210 |
| 2013 | 4,580 | #51 | 1,847 | #210 |
| 2012 | 4,478 | #53 | 2,075 | #184 |
| 2011 | 4,679 | #53 | 2,299 | #166 |
| 2010 | 4,973 | #51 | 2,647 | #149 |
| 2009 | 5,318 | #42 | 2,710 | #148 |
| 2008 | 4,738 | #60 | 3,225 | #130 |
| 2007 | 2,774 | #123 | 3,375 | #125 |
| 2006 | 2,538 | #138 | 2,686 | #157 |
| 2005 | 2,462 | #131 | 2,843 | #138 |
| 2004 | 2,394 | #134 | 2,484 | #163 |
| 2003 | 1,700 | #192 | 1,768 | #208 |
| 2002 | 1,702 | #188 | 1,764 | #205 |
| 2001 | 1,885 | #173 | 2,114 | #177 |
| 2000 | 1,968 | #168 | 2,000 | #183 |
| 1999 | 1,356 | #235 | 1,382 | #234 |
| 1998 | 1,417 | #218 | 1,451 | #222 |
| 1997 | 1,303 | #230 | 1,121 | #254 |
| 1996 | 1,104 | #255 | 772 | #336 |
| 1995 | 588 | #437 | 453 | #479 |
| 1994 | 585 | #431 | 357 | #544 |
| 1993 | 617 | #405 | 242 | #660 |
| 1992 | 398 | #584 | 187 | #762 |
| 1991 | 67 | #2,042 | 125 | #952 |
| 1990 | 61 | #2,140 | 121 | #940 |
| 1989 | 35 | #3,080 | 107 | #988 |
| 1988 | 42 | #2,572 | 80 | #1,121 |
| 1987 | 29 | #3,234 | 80 | #1,072 |
| 1986 | 32 | #2,955 | 75 | #1,083 |
| 1985 | 22 | #3,809 | 57 | #1,275 |
| 1984 | 25 | #3,393 | 50 | #1,344 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,235 | 43 | #1,464 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,129 | 36 | #1,670 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,283 | 32 | #1,797 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,463 | 24 | #2,199 |
| 1979 | 19 | #4,002 | 34 | #1,699 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,864 | 39 | #1,497 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,440 | 27 | #1,893 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,915 | 30 | #1,735 |
| 1975 | 19 | #3,603 | 46 | #1,273 |
| 1974 | 19 | #3,525 | 50 | #1,180 |
| 1973 | 13 | #4,523 | 34 | #1,484 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,842 | 23 | #1,912 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,430 | 29 | #1,657 |
| 1970 | 24 | #2,912 | 23 | #1,879 |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,920 | 27 | #1,595 |
| 1968 | 15 | #3,564 | 24 | #1,634 |
| 1967 | 23 | #2,615 | 22 | #1,697 |
| 1966 | 28 | #2,290 | 17 | #1,946 |
| 1965 | 8 | #5,171 | 28 | #1,473 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,559 | 27 | #1,534 |
| 1963 | 6 | #6,411 | 22 | #1,730 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,706 | 28 | #1,508 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,701 | 17 | #2,056 |
| 1960 | under 5 | 23 | #1,720 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 20 | #1,848 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 20 | #1,824 | |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,795 | 21 | #1,780 |
| 1956 | under 5 | 23 | #1,670 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 22 | #1,669 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 19 | #1,806 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 19 | #1,815 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 20 | #1,733 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 27 | #1,446 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 18 | #1,796 | |
| 1949 | under 5 | 25 | #1,494 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 23 | #1,551 | |
| 1947 | under 5 | 23 | #1,586 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 22 | #1,548 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 16 | #1,749 | |
| 1944 | under 5 | 23 | #1,427 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 21 | #1,565 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 16 | #1,847 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 26 | #1,326 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 20 | #1,556 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 20 | #1,523 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 26 | #1,333 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 18 | #1,675 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 17 | #1,710 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 21 | #1,530 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 11 | #2,364 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 17 | #1,760 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 15 | #1,981 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 17 | #1,824 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 18 | #1,803 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 17 | #1,910 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 11 | #2,610 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 25 | #1,550 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 20 | #1,772 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 26 | #1,486 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 19 | #1,880 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 25 | #1,541 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 19 | #1,869 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 32 | #1,319 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 24 | #1,583 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 27 | #1,402 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 31 | #1,282 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 19 | #1,740 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 15 | #2,021 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 23 | #1,444 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 24 | #1,216 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 14 | #1,488 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 8 | #2,012 | |
| 1911 | under 5 | 9 | #1,262 | |
| 1907 | under 5 | 6 | #1,306 | |
| 1903 | under 5 | 5 | #1,265 | |
| 1898 | under 5 | 7 | #971 | |
| 1895 | under 5 | 6 | #1,053 | |
| 1893 | under 5 | 7 | #892 | |
| 1892 | under 5 | 8 | #844 | |
| 1891 | under 5 | 6 | #933 | |
| 1890 | under 5 | 6 | #971 | |
| 1887 | under 5 | 7 | #809 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 5 | #1,084 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Peyton a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 140,602 Americans recorded as Peyton, 63% are girls and 37% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Peyton: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Peyton, and how old are they?
138,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 98% of the 140,602 Americans ever recorded as Peyton. The median Peyton alive today is 16 years old; half are between 11 and 22.
The 2020 Census counted 113,474 people named Peyton (68,956 women and girls, 44,518 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 123,330 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 68 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 307 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 670 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 6,290 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 80,600 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 50,200 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Peyton born?
The states with the most babies named Peyton are Texas, California and Pennsylvania, with 19% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 136 | #352 | 0.8× |
| California | 121 | #312 | 0.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 105 | #111 | 1.1× |
| New York | 101 | #201 | 0.6× |
| Florida | 95 | #255 | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 91 | #146 | 1.3× |
| Michigan | 84 | #106 | 1.1× |
| Georgia | 77 | #179 | 1.3× |
| North Carolina | 74 | #170 | 1.3× |
| Tennessee | 64 | #216 | 1.5× |
Where Peyton is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Peyton is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Peyton with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 142,126 babies since 1880, Peyton is the most given (99% of them). In 2025 it was given to 1,957 of their 1,957 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Peyton
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Briley | 7,950 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Peyton and names like it
- Compare Peyton and PeytenBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sPeyton peaked in 2009.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Peyton since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Peyton: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2009The year the most babies were named Peyton.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Peyton alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with PMost given first.