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% boys / 63% girls · 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 —