Payden**
#3,099 most common boys' name of all time · #7,522 across all names · 66% male / 34% female · used 1986–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#3,099
Rank overall
#7,522 of 105,966
First appeared
1986
Years on the list
40 of 146
All-time
2,044
Since 2016
303
Peak year
2008 #1,926
Best rank
#1,926 2008
Girls
Boys
peak 127/yr
Payden first appears in 1986. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #7,388 |
| 2024 | 9 | 14 | 23 | #6,321 |
| 2023 | 11 | 10 | 21 | #7,956 |
| 2022 | 8 | 19 | 27 | #5,113 |
| 2021 | 9 | 23 | 32 | #4,436 |
| 2020 | 6 | 27 | 33 | #3,863 |
| 2019 | 13 | 14 | 27 | #6,251 |
| 2018 | 14 | 21 | 35 | #4,674 |
| 2017 | 18 | 21 | 39 | #4,684 |
| 2016 | 21 | 28 | 49 | #3,837 |
| 2015 | 28 | 39 | 67 | #3,006 |
| 2014 | 27 | 38 | 65 | #3,021 |
| 2013 | 32 | 39 | 71 | #2,935 |
| 2012 | 36 | 51 | 87 | #2,472 |
| 2011 | 42 | 48 | 90 | #2,579 |
| 2010 | 52 | 63 | 115 | #2,135 |
| 2009 | 57 | 64 | 121 | #2,135 |
| 2008 | 52 | 75 | 127 | #1,926 |
| 2007 | 22 | 51 | 73 | #2,498 |
| 2006 | 20 | 56 | 76 | #2,279 |
| 2005 | 23 | 45 | 68 | #2,520 |
| 2004 | 16 | 48 | 64 | #2,369 |
| 2003 | 23 | 33 | 56 | #2,975 |
| 2002 | 19 | 41 | 60 | #2,464 |
| 2001 | 17 | 40 | 57 | #2,476 |
| 2000 | 16 | 24 | 40 | #3,516 |
| 1999 | 19 | 29 | 48 | #2,931 |
| 1998 | 17 | 32 | 49 | #2,644 |
| 1997 | 14 | 32 | 46 | #2,537 |
| 1996 | 18 | 40 | 58 | #2,141 |
| 1995 | 8 | 24 | 32 | #3,007 |
| 1994 | 10 | 39 | 49 | #2,119 |
| 1993 | 10 | 33 | 43 | #2,343 |
| 1992 | 8 | 18 | 26 | #3,594 |
| 1991 | — | 33 | 33 | #2,225 |
| 1990 | — | 28 | 28 | #2,487 |
| 1989 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,544 |
| 1988 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,598 |
| 1987 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,271 |
| 1986 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,004 |