Payten Girl
How popular is Payten?
#7,489 girl name in 2025
14 baby girls were named Payten in the US in 2025, making it the 7489th most popular girl name.
Payten popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #7,489 for girls (▼ 561 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 14 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-88% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,770 in 2015, #3,281 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2009 (310 girls) |
| Highest rank | #884 in 2009 |
| First recorded | 1992 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 10% boys, 90% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Payten counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Payton family of names ranked #377 for girls in 2025 (#332 the year before), with 841 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Payten is most popular
Babies named Payten per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Payten by decade
Girl names about as popular as Payten
Questions
- Is Payten a boy or girl name?
- Payten is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 90% of babies named Payten were girls.
- How popular is the name Payten?
- 14 baby girls were named Payten in the US in 2025, making it the 7489th most popular girl name.
- When was Payten most popular?
- Payten peaked in 2009, when 310 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #884 in 2009.
- How many people are named Payten?
- 3,975 babies have been named Payten in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,939 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Payten most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Payten was most common in Texas, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.