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.

Peyton**

#291 most common girls' name of all time · #536 across all names · 37% male / 63% female · used 1884–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#291
Rank overall
#536 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
125 of 146
All-time
140,602
Since 2016
32,533
Peak year
2009 #42
Best rank
#42 2009
Girls Boys peak 8,028/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Peyton first appears in 1884. 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 1,559 398 1,957 #199
2024 1,817 417 2,234 #168
2023 1,960 467 2,427 #143
2022 2,319 556 2,875 #125
2021 2,695 634 3,329 #101
2020 2,730 687 3,417 #98
2019 2,869 698 3,567 #97
2018 2,912 797 3,709 #102
2017 3,260 999 4,259 #89
2016 3,511 1,248 4,759 #81
2015 3,906 1,383 5,289 #72
2014 4,455 1,842 6,297 #56
2013 4,580 1,847 6,427 #51
2012 4,478 2,075 6,553 #53
2011 4,679 2,299 6,978 #53
2010 4,973 2,647 7,620 #51
2009 5,318 2,710 8,028 #42
2008 4,738 3,225 7,963 #60
2007 2,774 3,375 6,149 #123
2006 2,538 2,686 5,224 #138
2005 2,462 2,843 5,305 #131
2004 2,394 2,484 4,878 #134
2003 1,700 1,768 3,468 #192
2002 1,702 1,764 3,466 #188
2001 1,885 2,114 3,999 #173
2000 1,968 2,000 3,968 #168
1999 1,356 1,382 2,738 #235
1998 1,417 1,451 2,868 #218
1997 1,303 1,121 2,424 #230
1996 1,104 772 1,876 #255
1995 588 453 1,041 #437
1994 585 357 942 #431
1993 617 242 859 #404
1992 398 187 585 #584
1991 67 125 192 #2,038
1990 61 121 182 #2,129
1989 35 107 142 #3,048
1988 42 80 122 #2,546
1987 29 80 109 #3,176
1986 32 75 107 #2,912
1985 22 57 79 #3,738
1984 25 50 75 #3,342
1983 18 43 61 #4,123
1982 19 36 55 #4,039
1981 18 32 50 #4,178
1980 17 24 41 #4,351
1979 19 34 53 #3,918
1978 14 39 53 #4,702
1977 12 27 39 #5,239
1976 17 30 47 #3,835
1975 19 46 65 #3,528
1974 19 50 69 #3,444
1973 13 34 47 #4,382
1972 16 23 39 #3,742
1971 8 29 37 #6,052
1970 24 23 47 #2,867
1969 14 27 41 #3,795
1968 15 24 39 #3,474
1967 23 22 45 #2,568
1966 28 17 45 #2,259
1965 8 28 36 #4,873
1964 10 27 37 #4,384
1963 6 22 28 #5,960
1962 7 28 35 #5,359
1961 7 17 24 #5,348
1960 23 23
1959 20 20
1958 20 20
1957 5 21 26 #6,165
1956 23 23
1955 22 22
1954 19 19
1953 19 19
1952 20 20
1951 27 27
1950 18 18
1949 25 25
1948 23 23
1947 23 23
1946 22 22
1945 16 16
1944 23 23
1943 21 21
1942 16 16
1941 26 26
1940 20 20
1939 20 20
1938 26 26
1937 18 18
1936 17 17
1935 21 21
1934 11 11
1933 17 17
1932 15 15
1931 17 17
1930 18 18
1929 17 17
1928 11 11
1927 25 25
1926 20 20
1925 26 26
1924 19 19
1923 25 25
1922 19 19
1921 32 32
1920 24 24
1919 27 27
1918 31 31
1917 19 19
1916 15 15
1915 23 23
1914 24 24
1913 14 14
1912 8 8
1911 9 9
1907 6 6
1903 5 5
1898 7 7
1895 6 6
1893 7 7
1892 8 8
1891 6 6
1890 6 6
1887 7 7
1884 5 5