Paighton
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- PAY-ton
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Paighton is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
Where does Paighton come from?
English: respelling of Payton or Peyton, from an English surname
Is Paighton a girl's or a boy's name?
Paighton is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Paighton in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 22 girls.
Half of all the girls named Paighton in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Paighton in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 15 | #2,015 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,813 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,895 |
| 2013 | 21 | #1,559 |
| 2012 | 22 | #1,516 |
| 2011 | 21 | #1,518 |
| 2010 | 13 | #2,103 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,848 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
How popular is Paighton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Paighton, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Paighton in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,435 girls in the US were given Paighton or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #143, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
Paighton in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
Names like Paighton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Harper Lily Maddison Peyton Willow Addison Ivy Phoebe Autumn Scarlett Poppy Ellie
Other spellings of Paighton
More English names
Evelyn Hudson Grace Violet Daisy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel Carter Harrison River Frankie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Paighton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/paighton, updated 20 October 2026.