Payson**
#2,672 most common boys' name of all time · #6,429 across all names · 55% male / 45% female · used 1917–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#2,672
Rank overall
#6,429 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
41 of 146
All-time
2,612
Since 2016
1,011
Peak year
2012 #2,193
Best rank
#1,874 2015
Girls
Boys
peak 171/yr
Payson first appears in 1917. 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 | 47 | 36 | 83 | #3,256 |
| 2024 | 38 | 50 | 88 | #2,646 |
| 2023 | 58 | 46 | 104 | #2,777 |
| 2022 | 61 | 39 | 100 | #3,113 |
| 2021 | 64 | 51 | 115 | #2,557 |
| 2020 | 38 | 51 | 89 | #2,515 |
| 2019 | 43 | 47 | 90 | #2,703 |
| 2018 | 46 | 56 | 102 | #2,364 |
| 2017 | 56 | 59 | 115 | #2,249 |
| 2016 | 54 | 71 | 125 | #2,017 |
| 2015 | 68 | 78 | 146 | #1,874 |
| 2014 | 72 | 74 | 146 | #1,950 |
| 2013 | 99 | 57 | 156 | #2,256 |
| 2012 | 111 | 60 | 171 | #2,193 |
| 2011 | 116 | 51 | 167 | #2,451 |
| 2010 | 89 | 60 | 149 | #2,192 |
| 2009 | 19 | 72 | 91 | #1,964 |
| 2008 | 10 | 37 | 47 | #3,120 |
| 2007 | 10 | 49 | 59 | #2,541 |
| 2006 | 9 | 27 | 36 | #3,707 |
| 2005 | 12 | 43 | 55 | #2,579 |
| 2004 | 8 | 38 | 46 | #2,754 |
| 2003 | 9 | 27 | 36 | #3,379 |
| 2002 | 8 | 39 | 47 | #2,518 |
| 2001 | 9 | 37 | 46 | #2,573 |
| 2000 | 9 | 32 | 41 | #2,822 |
| 1999 | — | 25 | 25 | #3,211 |
| 1998 | — | 25 | 25 | #3,113 |
| 1997 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,728 |
| 1996 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,932 |
| 1995 | 6 | 13 | 19 | #4,570 |
| 1994 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,966 |
| 1993 | — | 16 | 16 | #3,866 |
| 1992 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,802 |
| 1991 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,600 |
| 1982 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,617 |
| 1960 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,338 |
| 1932 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,324 |
| 1929 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,381 |
| 1928 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,553 |
| 1917 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,557 |