Payton**
#427 most common girls' name of all time · #778 across all names · 29% boys / 71% girls · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#427
Rank overall
#778 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
121 of 146
All-time
84,784
Since 2016
14,223
Peak year
2008 #91
Best rank
#79 2010
Girls
Boys
peak 4,852/yr
Payton is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 701 | 109 | 810 | #440 |
| 2024 | 823 | 117 | 940 | #381 |
| 2023 | 991 | 120 | 1,111 | #311 |
| 2022 | 1,099 | 144 | 1,243 | #288 |
| 2021 | 1,168 | 154 | 1,322 | #267 |
| 2020 | 1,333 | 176 | 1,509 | #218 |
| 2019 | 1,423 | 179 | 1,602 | #215 |
| 2018 | 1,428 | 237 | 1,665 | #218 |
| 2017 | 1,650 | 288 | 1,938 | #189 |
| 2016 | 1,802 | 281 | 2,083 | #183 |
| 2015 | 2,117 | 365 | 2,482 | #153 |
| 2014 | 2,416 | 410 | 2,826 | #134 |
| 2013 | 2,620 | 510 | 3,130 | #123 |
| 2012 | 2,946 | 598 | 3,544 | #103 |
| 2011 | 3,153 | 720 | 3,873 | #95 |
| 2010 | 3,589 | 891 | 4,480 | #79 |
| 2009 | 3,646 | 972 | 4,618 | #84 |
| 2008 | 3,612 | 1,240 | 4,852 | #91 |
| 2007 | 2,284 | 1,231 | 3,515 | #153 |
| 2006 | 2,158 | 1,291 | 3,449 | #163 |
| 2005 | 2,184 | 1,429 | 3,613 | #158 |
| 2004 | 2,077 | 1,396 | 3,473 | #159 |
| 2003 | 1,619 | 1,268 | 2,887 | #204 |
| 2002 | 1,758 | 1,273 | 3,031 | #182 |
| 2001 | 1,983 | 1,315 | 3,298 | #164 |
| 2000 | 2,059 | 1,581 | 3,640 | #163 |
| 1999 | 1,394 | 947 | 2,341 | #230 |
| 1998 | 1,368 | 914 | 2,282 | #227 |
| 1997 | 1,336 | 684 | 2,020 | #224 |
| 1996 | 1,018 | 576 | 1,594 | #284 |
| 1995 | 638 | 400 | 1,038 | #408 |
| 1994 | 568 | 401 | 969 | #446 |
| 1993 | 522 | 320 | 842 | #485 |
| 1992 | 307 | 262 | 569 | #703 |
| 1991 | 45 | 164 | 209 | #2,661 |
| 1990 | 23 | 132 | 155 | #4,237 |
| 1989 | 18 | 97 | 115 | #4,852 |
| 1988 | 22 | 106 | 128 | #4,026 |
| 1987 | 22 | 104 | 126 | #3,866 |
| 1986 | 13 | 90 | 103 | #5,477 |
| 1985 | 13 | 39 | 52 | #5,367 |
| 1984 | — | 43 | 43 | — |
| 1983 | 6 | 23 | 29 | #9,055 |
| 1982 | — | 20 | 20 | — |
| 1981 | 8 | 22 | 30 | #7,441 |
| 1980 | 8 | 30 | 38 | #7,448 |
| 1979 | 6 | 25 | 31 | #9,053 |
| 1978 | 9 | 32 | 41 | #6,409 |
| 1977 | 9 | 13 | 22 | #6,364 |
| 1976 | 5 | 18 | 23 | #9,353 |
| 1975 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #9,121 |
| 1974 | 5 | 13 | 18 | #8,813 |
| 1973 | — | 18 | 18 | — |
| 1972 | 6 | 19 | 25 | #7,342 |
| 1971 | — | 27 | 27 | — |
| 1970 | — | 21 | 21 | — |
| 1969 | — | 21 | 21 | — |
| 1968 | — | 18 | 18 | — |
| 1967 | 14 | 17 | 31 | #3,500 |
| 1966 | 18 | 11 | 29 | #2,945 |
| 1965 | — | 19 | 19 | — |
| 1964 | — | 14 | 14 | — |
| 1963 | — | 16 | 16 | — |
| 1962 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1961 | — | 15 | 15 | — |
| 1960 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1959 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1958 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1957 | — | 15 | 15 | — |
| 1956 | — | 19 | 19 | — |
| 1955 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1954 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1953 | — | 21 | 21 | — |
| 1952 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1951 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1950 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1949 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1948 | — | 18 | 18 | — |
| 1947 | — | 17 | 17 | — |
| 1946 | — | 22 | 22 | — |
| 1945 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1944 | — | 14 | 14 | — |
| 1943 | — | 19 | 19 | — |
| 1942 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1941 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
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| 1939 | — | 17 | 17 | — |
| 1938 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1937 | — | 16 | 16 | — |
| 1936 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1935 | — | 18 | 18 | — |
| 1934 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
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| 1932 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
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| 1929 | — | 15 | 15 | — |
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| 1918 | — | 21 | 21 | — |
| 1917 | — | 14 | 14 | — |
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| 1912 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1911 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1910 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1908 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1891 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1890 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1888 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1880 | — | 5 | 5 | — |