Payton

Payton

Primarily a girl's name · 91% girls

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 "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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2010 with 77 babies (rank #523 that year). It was not in the 2024 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.

688

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	11	#1,608
1997	10	#1,764
1998	12	#1,548
1999	8	#2,118
2000	7	#2,345
2001	10	#1,828
2002	3	#5,046
2003	12	#1,697
2004	5	#3,582
2005	13	#1,768
2006	10	#2,272
2007	17	#1,552
2008	28	#1,089
2009	49	#750
2010	77	#523
2011	56	#695
2012	74	#578
2013	56	#723
2014	57	#695
2015	50	#784
2016	62	#678

Year

Babies

Rank

1996

#1,608

1997

#1,764

1998

#1,548

1999

#2,118

2000

#2,345

2001

#1,828

2002

#5,046

2003

#1,697

2004

#3,582

2005

#1,768

2006

#2,272

2007

#1,552

2008

#1,089

2009

#750

2010

#523

2011

#695

2012

#578

2013

#723

2014

#695

2015

#784

2016

#678

Meaning

Numerology of Payton

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail