Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Payne

#4,066 most common boys' name of all time · #9,944 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1900–2025

Rank among boys
#4,066
Rank overall
#9,944 of 105,966
First appeared
1900
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
1,316
Since 2016
160
Peak year
2000 #1,144
Best rank
#1,144 2000
Girls Boys peak 121/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Payne first appears in 1900. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 5 9 14 #8,273
2024 — 8 8 #9,034
2023 — 16 16 #5,680
2022 — 12 12 #6,852
2021 — 19 19 #4,950
2020 — 16 16 #5,470
2019 — 21 21 #4,648
2018 — 14 14 #6,056
2017 — 26 26 #4,002
2016 — 14 14 #6,076
2015 — 17 17 #5,306
2014 — 21 21 #4,562
2013 — 19 19 #4,817
2012 — 17 17 #5,278
2011 — 24 24 #4,115
2010 — 30 30 #3,548
2009 — 34 34 #3,282
2008 — 31 31 #3,493
2007 — 38 38 #3,034
2006 — 40 40 #2,836
2005 — 44 44 #2,533
2004 — 45 45 #2,455
2003 — 55 55 #2,059
2002 6 62 68 #1,838
2001 — 81 81 #1,507
2000 — 121 121 #1,144
1999 — 41 41 #2,236
1998 — 24 24 #3,215
1997 — 23 23 #3,174
1996 — 42 42 #2,053
1995 — 40 40 #2,064
1994 5 67 72 #1,439
1993 — 54 54 #1,642
1992 — 34 34 #2,220
1991 — 16 16 #3,653
1990 — 24 24 #2,709
1989 — 7 7 #6,300
1988 — 10 10 #4,492
1987 — 26 26 #2,235
1986 — 7 7 #5,407
1939 — 5 5 #3,599
1924 — 7 7 #3,599
1923 — 5 5 #4,349
1917 — 5 5 #4,089
1916 — 6 6 #3,603
1915 — 5 5 #3,921
1914 — 7 7 #2,728
1911 — 6 6 #1,678
1900 — 5 5 #1,496