Payne
Boy · PAYN · English
Payne is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “villager, rustic”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Payne mean?
English: English surname, from the medieval name Pain, Latin paganus
“villager, rustic”
Thomas Paine, author of the pamphlet Common Sense, bore a variant spelling of this surname.
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Is Payne a girl's or a boy's name?
Payne is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 9 boys in the US.
How popular is Payne in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Payne, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 121 boys. It first appears in the records in 1900. 5 girls were also named Payne in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Payne in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Payne in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 24 | #4,108 |
| 2010 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2009 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2008 | 31 | #3,483 |
| 2007 | 38 | #3,023 |
| 2006 | 40 | #2,831 |
| 2005 | 44 | #2,524 |
| 2004 | 45 | #2,448 |
| 2003 | 55 | #2,051 |
| 2002 | 62 | #1,829 |
| 2001 | 81 | #1,498 |
| 2000 | 121 | #1,140 |
| 1999 | 41 | #2,228 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 23 | #3,155 |
| 1996 | 42 | #2,042 |
| 1995 | 40 | #2,050 |
| 1994 | 67 | #1,430 |
| 1993 | 54 | #1,633 |
| 1992 | 34 | #2,209 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 24 | #2,689 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 26 | #2,211 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
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