Payton

Unisex

Payton has been given to 84,784 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 2008 and currently ranks #440 for girls (2025).

Meaning & origin

Habitational surname from a minor place in Sussex, from the Old English personal name Pǣga + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

84,784

Peak year

2008 (4,852 babies)

Rank in 2025

#440 for girls

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▼ -67%

Gender split

71% girls / 29% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Payton.

85,196 babies since 1890

84,166 babies since 1880

83,766 babies since 1880

86,076 babies since 1880

86,553 babies since 1903

88,192 babies since 1921

80,157 babies since 1881

77,625 babies since 1972

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