Meaning not yet researched.
Peyton: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,559 in 2025. Its best rank was #42 in 2009.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #42 in 2009; #199 in 2025. About 80% of babies named Peyton in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#199 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2009, at #42.
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Peyton: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,559 girls in 2025. Peak: #42 in 2009 · most girls in one year: 5,318 (2009).
In 2025, 1,559 US girls were named Peyton, making it the 199th most common girls’ name of the year, down 30 places from #169 in 2024. That is 258 fewer than the 1,817 girls named Peyton in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #42, reached in 2009. That year also had the most girls given the name: 5,318. For comparison, it was #72 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 398 US boys were named Peyton, making it the 684th most common boys’ name of the year, down 26 places from #658 in 2024. That is 19 fewer than the 417 boys named Peyton in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #125, reached in 2007. That year also had the most boys given the name: 3,375. For comparison, it was #262 in 2015 and #1,797 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Peyton in 125 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1884 with 5 babies. In all, 140,602 US babies have been given the name, 63% of them girls and 37% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 55,458 babies named Peyton.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 25,632 US girls were named Peyton; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 3,511. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,031 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Peyton ranked highest in New Hampshire in 2025, at #73 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 4 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Payton (84,784 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Peyten, Peytan and Peytyn are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Peyten (640), Peytan (287), Peytyn (267), Peytin (240), Peityn (90), Peiton (25), Peytynn (16), Petyon (5), Peytonn (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Peyton in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 6 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | 16 | #73 | #68 |
| Rhode Island | 11 | #73 | #74 |
| Connecticut | 34 | #75 | #63 |
| Maine | 12 | #90 | #34 |
| Michigan | 73 | #106 | #36 |
| South Carolina | 40 | #107 | #39 |
| Pennsylvania | 92 | #111 | #37 |
| Massachusetts | 46 | #114 | #164 |
| Maryland | 37 | #123 | #83 |
| South Dakota | 9 | #132 | #83 |
| Minnesota | 40 | #135 | #98 |
| New Jersey | 57 | #137 | #82 |
| Wisconsin | 37 | #144 | #87 |
| Ohio | 74 | #146 | #49 |
| Missouri | 37 | #169 | #55 |
| North Carolina | 61 | #170 | #44 |
| Colorado | 34 | #175 | #121 |
| West Virginia | 10 | #176 | #41 |
| Georgia | 58 | #179 | #37 |
| Idaho | 12 | #188 | #83 |
| Montana | 6 | #200 | #52 |
| New York | 84 | #201 | #79 |
| Kentucky | 23 | #206 | #32 |
| New Mexico | 8 | #208 | #98 |
| Indiana | 34 | #209 | #133 |
| Tennessee | 37 | #216 | #76 |
| Alabama | 22 | #216 | #70 |
| Utah | 22 | #218 | #73 |
| Virginia | 36 | #226 | #82 |
| North Dakota | 5 | #242 | #59 |
| Iowa | 15 | #244 | #77 |
| Arizona | 29 | #246 | #92 |
| Florida | 75 | #255 | #71 |
| Nevada | 11 | #257 | #103 |
| Oklahoma | 16 | #263 | #54 |
| Nebraska | 9 | #263 | #110 |
| Arkansas | 12 | #264 | #51 |
| Illinois | 39 | #275 | #83 |
| Washington | 26 | #284 | #72 |
| California | 105 | #312 | #137 |
| Oregon | 12 | #316 | #72 |
| Texas | 99 | #352 | #98 |
| Kansas | 10 | #354 | #88 |
| Louisiana | 13 | #366 | #68 |
| Mississippi | 5 | #611 | #69 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| 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 |
| 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 | #545 |
| 1993 | 617 | #405 | 242 | #661 |
| 1992 | 398 | #584 | 187 | #764 |
| 1991 | 67 | #2,048 | 125 | #957 |
| 1990 | 61 | #2,145 | 121 | #944 |
| 1989 | 35 | #3,086 | 107 | #991 |
| 1988 | 42 | #2,577 | 80 | #1,123 |
| 1987 | 29 | #3,237 | 80 | #1,073 |
| 1986 | 32 | #2,956 | 75 | #1,084 |
| 1985 | 22 | #3,810 | 57 | #1,276 |
| 1984 | 25 | #3,394 | 50 | #1,345 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,236 | 43 | #1,465 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,130 | 36 | #1,671 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,284 | 32 | #1,798 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,464 | 24 | #2,199 |
| 1979 | 19 | #4,003 | 34 | #1,699 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,864 | 39 | #1,497 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,441 | 27 | #1,893 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,916 | 30 | #1,736 |
| 1975 | 19 | #3,604 | 46 | #1,273 |
| 1974 | 19 | #3,525 | 50 | #1,180 |
| 1973 | 13 | #4,524 | 34 | #1,484 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,842 | 23 | #1,912 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,432 | 29 | #1,658 |
| 1970 | 24 | #2,912 | 23 | #1,880 |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,921 | 27 | #1,596 |
| 1968 | 15 | #3,565 | 24 | #1,635 |
| 1967 | 23 | #2,615 | 22 | #1,698 |
| 1966 | 28 | #2,291 | 17 | #1,947 |
| 1965 | 8 | #5,172 | 28 | #1,474 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,560 | 27 | #1,535 |
| 1963 | 6 | #6,412 | 22 | #1,731 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,707 | 28 | #1,509 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,702 | 17 | #2,057 |
| 1960 | — | — | 23 | #1,721 |
| 1959 | — | — | 20 | #1,849 |
| 1958 | — | — | 20 | #1,825 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,797 | 21 | #1,781 |
| 1956 | — | — | 23 | #1,671 |
| 1955 | — | — | 22 | #1,670 |
| 1954 | — | — | 19 | #1,807 |
| 1953 | — | — | 19 | #1,816 |
| 1952 | — | — | 20 | #1,734 |
| 1951 | — | — | 27 | #1,447 |
| 1950 | — | — | 18 | #1,797 |
| 1949 | — | — | 25 | #1,495 |
| 1948 | — | — | 23 | #1,552 |
| 1947 | — | — | 23 | #1,587 |
| 1946 | — | — | 22 | #1,549 |
| 1945 | — | — | 16 | #1,750 |
| 1944 | — | — | 23 | #1,428 |
| 1943 | — | — | 21 | #1,566 |
| 1942 | — | — | 16 | #1,847 |
| 1941 | — | — | 26 | #1,326 |
| 1940 | — | — | 20 | #1,556 |
| 1939 | — | — | 20 | #1,523 |
| 1938 | — | — | 26 | #1,333 |
| 1937 | — | — | 18 | #1,675 |
| 1936 | — | — | 17 | #1,710 |
| 1935 | — | — | 21 | #1,530 |
| 1934 | — | — | 11 | #2,364 |
| 1933 | — | — | 17 | #1,760 |
| 1932 | — | — | 15 | #1,981 |
| 1931 | — | — | 17 | #1,824 |
| 1930 | — | — | 18 | #1,803 |
| 1929 | — | — | 17 | #1,910 |
| 1928 | — | — | 11 | #2,610 |
| 1927 | — | — | 25 | #1,550 |
| 1926 | — | — | 20 | #1,772 |
| 1925 | — | — | 26 | #1,486 |
| 1924 | — | — | 19 | #1,880 |
| 1923 | — | — | 25 | #1,541 |
| 1922 | — | — | 19 | #1,869 |
| 1921 | — | — | 32 | #1,319 |
| 1920 | — | — | 24 | #1,583 |
| 1919 | — | — | 27 | #1,403 |
| 1918 | — | — | 31 | #1,282 |
| 1917 | — | — | 19 | #1,741 |
| 1916 | — | — | 15 | #2,022 |
| 1915 | — | — | 23 | #1,445 |
| 1914 | — | — | 24 | #1,216 |
| 1913 | — | — | 14 | #1,489 |
| 1912 | — | — | 8 | #2,013 |
| 1911 | — | — | 9 | #1,263 |
| 1907 | — | — | 6 | #1,307 |
| 1903 | — | — | 5 | #1,267 |
| 1898 | — | — | 7 | #972 |
| 1895 | — | — | 6 | #1,054 |
| 1893 | — | — | 7 | #892 |
| 1892 | — | — | 8 | #845 |
| 1891 | — | — | 6 | #934 |
| 1890 | — | — | 6 | #971 |
| 1887 | — | — | 7 | #809 |
| 1884 | — | — | 5 | #1,084 |
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).