Payton

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Primarily a girl's name · Unisex โ€” 84% girls / 16% boys

Origin: English

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 "Pล“ga's town" in Old English. Another source indicates the name means "fighting man's estate".

From Wikipedia

Payton first appears in the data in 1992 and has been recorded in 33 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2008 with 361 babies (rank #77 that year). In 2024 it was given to 74 girls (rank #405). 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 โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

5,973
Total babies (all years)
33
Years in the data
361
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199211#1,482
199323#869
199431#656
199537#637
199659#452
199772#381
199872#367
199989#312
2000183#158
2001143#203
2002114#252
2003129#211
2004184#151
2005170#176
2006191#154
2007199#155
2008361#77
2009352#77
2010292#97
2011321#82
2012291#100
2013265#116
2014202#159
2015198#149
2016136#231
2017163#182
2018126#246
2019129#236
2020101#306
2021122#259
2022100#297
202397#311
202474#405