Paiton
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- PAY-ton
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Paiton is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “Paega's settlement”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Paiton mean?
English: variant of Peyton, an English surname from a place name
“Paega's settlement”
Is Paiton a girl's or a boy's name?
Paiton is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Paiton in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 15 girls.
Half of all the girls named Paiton in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Paiton in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 2 | #7,531 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,912 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Paiton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 70% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Paiton, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2008, with 109 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the girls named Paiton in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,435 girls in the US were given Paiton or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #143, up from #10,913 for this spelling alone.
Paiton in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,766 |
| 2013 | 51 | #3,165 |
| 2012 | 55 | #3,039 |
| 2011 | 61 | #2,837 |
| 2010 | 72 | #2,538 |
| 2009 | 95 | #2,119 |
| 2008 | 109 | #1,927 |
| 2007 | 56 | #3,096 |
| 2006 | 62 | #2,815 |
| 2005 | 56 | #2,898 |
| 2004 | 36 | #3,894 |
| 2003 | 48 | #3,082 |
| 2002 | 44 | #3,192 |
| 2001 | 51 | #2,840 |
| 2000 | 57 | #2,589 |
| 1999 | 37 | #3,371 |
| 1998 | 37 | #3,298 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,004 |
| 1996 | 31 | #3,564 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
Names like Paiton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maddison, Lily, Peyton, Harper, Autumn, Addison, Willow, Ivy, Phoebe, Ellie, Scarlett, Ava
Other spellings of Paiton
Peyton, Payton, Paityn, Peighton, Payten, Paitynn, Paetyn, Paighton
Names related to Paiton
More English names
Evelyn, Hudson, Grace, Violet, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter, Harrison, River
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, “Paiton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/paiton, updated 20 October 2026.