NameTides

Payton

Payton was the #440 girls' name in the US in 2025 (701 babies), and #1,809 in England & Wales and #444 in Canada.

Payton as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Payton as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSScotlandEngland & Wales
Payton as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#440 (701)#1,809 (16)#632 (4)——#444 (69)
2024#381 (823)#1,353 (24)#384 (8)——#410 (74)
2023#311 (991)#921 (38)#395 (8)——#313 (97)
2022#288 (1,099)#910 (38)#285 (12)——#295 (101)
2021#267 (1,168)#936 (37)#245 (16)——#262 (122)
2020#218 (1,333)#872 (41)#257 (14)——#315 (101)
2019#215 (1,423)#1,095 (31)#216 (19)——#247 (127)
2018#218 (1,428)#778 (49)#255 (15)——#257 (124)
2017#189 (1,650)#740 (54)#237 (18)#355 (4)—#189 (163)
2016#183 (1,802)#676 (62)#240 (17)——#236 (136)
2015#153 (2,117)#775 (50)#236 (17)—#896 (3)#155 (196)
2014#134 (2,416)#688 (57)#230 (20)——#156 (203)
2013#122 (2,620)#712 (56)#213 (20)——#117 (265)
2012#103 (2,946)#573 (74)#254 (18)——#100 (291)
2011#95 (3,153)#692 (56)#229 (19)——#82 (321)

Payton as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Payton as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Payton as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,564 (109)#5,137 (3)#2,269 (8)
2024#1,517 (117)——
2023#1,489 (120)#4,992 (3)#2,921 (5)
2022#1,308 (144)#4,790 (3)#2,052 (8)
2021#1,240 (154)—#2,491 (6)
2020#1,119 (176)#2,682 (7)—
2019#1,102 (179)#2,488 (8)#1,634 (11)
2018#907 (237)#1,786 (13)#2,176 (7)
2017#796 (288)#2,512 (8)#1,113 (19)
2016#816 (281)#2,804 (7)#1,423 (13)
2015#687 (365)—#1,319 (14)
2014#644 (410)#4,632 (3)#1,311 (14)
2013#521 (510)#3,822 (4)#920 (24)
2012#455 (598)#3,987 (4)#813 (28)
2011#395 (720)#2,613 (7)#722 (32)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2010 at #79.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1966.
  • In 2025, 87% of US babies named Payton were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,300 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 16,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Payton is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,300 to 1 in 2,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Payton by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #209MEWisconsin: #326WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #139NHWashington: #390WAIdaho: #277IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #356MNIllinois: #337ILMichigan: #306MINew York: #442NYMassachusetts: #564MAOregon: #396ORNevada: #374NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #117SDIowa: #301IAIndiana: #651INOhio: #323OHPennsylvania: #310PANew Jersey: #667NJConnecticut: #350CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #777CAUtah: #490UTColorado: #584CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #373MOKentucky: #744KYWest Virginia: #154WVVirginia: #606VAMaryland: #651MDDelaware: #140DEArizona: #388AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #324KSArkansas: #250ARTennessee: #432TNNorth Carolina: #405NCSouth Carolina: #332SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #374OKLouisiana: #677LAMississippi: #270MSAlabama: #633ALGeorgia: #529GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #581TXFlorida: #404FL
Payton (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#40032

Payton (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
PaytonCanadaGirls#44469
PaytonCanadaBoys#2,2698
PaytonEngland & WalesGirls#1,80916
PaytonEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
PaytonIrelandGirls—too few
PaytonNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
PaytonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
PaytonScotlandGirls#6324
PaytonUSGirls#440701
PaytonUSBoys#1,564109