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Payne: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 9 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,149 in 2000.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1,149 in 2000; #8,744 in 2025. About 64% of babies named Payne in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#8,744 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2000, at #1,149.
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Payne: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 9 boys in 2025. Peak: #1,149 in 2000 · most boys in one year: 121 (2000).
In 2025, 9 US boys were named Payne, making it the 8,744th most common boys’ name of the year, up 905 places from #9,649 in 2024. That is 1 more than the 8 boys named Payne in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,149, reached in 2000. That year also had the most boys given the name: 121. For comparison, it was #5,457 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 5 US girls were named Payne, making it the 16,673rd most common girls’ name of the year. Its best rank for girls was #14,941, reached in 2002. That year also had the most girls given the name: 6. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Payne in 49 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1900 with 5 babies. In all, 1,316 US babies have been given the name, 1.2% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 557 babies named Payne.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 155 US boys were named Payne; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 26. In 2025 that was about 1 in 189,786 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #16,673 | 9 | #8,744 |
| 2024 | — | — | 8 | #9,649 |
| 2023 | — | — | 16 | #5,858 |
| 2022 | — | — | 12 | #7,135 |
| 2021 | — | — | 19 | #5,071 |
| 2020 | — | — | 16 | #5,634 |
| 2019 | — | — | 21 | #4,762 |
| 2018 | — | — | 14 | #6,249 |
| 2017 | — | — | 26 | #4,075 |
| 2016 | — | — | 14 | #6,269 |
| 2015 | — | — | 17 | #5,457 |
| 2014 | — | — | 21 | #4,661 |
| 2013 | — | — | 19 | #4,925 |
| 2012 | — | — | 17 | #5,431 |
| 2011 | — | — | 24 | #4,184 |
| 2010 | — | — | 30 | #3,606 |
| 2009 | — | — | 34 | #3,317 |
| 2008 | — | — | 31 | #3,546 |
| 2007 | — | — | 38 | #3,070 |
| 2006 | — | — | 40 | #2,866 |
| 2005 | — | — | 44 | #2,554 |
| 2004 | — | — | 45 | #2,474 |
| 2003 | — | — | 55 | #2,073 |
| 2002 | 6 | #14,941 | 62 | #1,844 |
| 2001 | — | — | 81 | #1,511 |
| 2000 | — | — | 121 | #1,149 |
| 1999 | — | — | 41 | #2,256 |
| 1998 | — | — | 24 | #3,266 |
| 1997 | — | — | 23 | #3,242 |
| 1996 | — | — | 42 | #2,067 |
| 1995 | — | — | 40 | #2,090 |
| 1994 | 5 | #15,104 | 67 | #1,449 |
| 1993 | — | — | 54 | #1,657 |
| 1992 | — | — | 34 | #2,246 |
| 1991 | — | — | 16 | #3,773 |
| 1990 | — | — | 24 | #2,755 |
| 1989 | — | — | 7 | #6,745 |
| 1988 | — | — | 10 | #4,694 |
| 1987 | — | — | 26 | #2,256 |
| 1986 | — | — | 7 | #5,765 |
| 1939 | — | — | 5 | #3,848 |
| 1924 | — | — | 7 | #3,769 |
| 1923 | — | — | 5 | #4,738 |
| 1917 | — | — | 5 | #4,435 |
| 1916 | — | — | 6 | #3,795 |
| 1915 | — | — | 5 | #4,258 |
| 1914 | — | — | 7 | #2,846 |
| 1911 | — | — | 6 | #1,691 |
| 1900 | — | — | 5 | #1,453 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).