Payton

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Payton is a given name in use in English speaking countries. One source indicates the name comes from a surname derived from a place name meaning "Pœga's town" in Old English. Another source indicates the name means "fighting man's estate".

From Wikipedia

Payton first appears in the data in 2014 and has been recorded in 4 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2014 with 8 babies (rank #216 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Payton

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Payton yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

1Destiny numberThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
5Soul urgeThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
5PersonalityThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
2014	8	#216
2015	8	#220
2016	4	#382
2017	3	#523