Payten
Girl · PAY-ten · English
Payten is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “Pæga's town”. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Payten mean?
English: spelling of Peyton, an English surname and place name
“Pæga's town”
A spelling of Peyton, an English surname taken from a place name; Pæga was an Old English personal name.
- Say it
- PAY-ten
Is Payten a girl's or a boy's name?
Payten is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Payten in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 66% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Payten, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,281st. Its busiest year was 2009, with 310 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Payten than any year since 1992.
Half of all the girls named Payten in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,435 girls in the US were given Payten or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #143, up from #7,489 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 74% of the babies named Payten in the US in 1994, and 89% in 2022.
Payten in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 28 | #4,743 |
| 2022 | 42 | #3,651 |
| 2021 | 53 | #3,069 |
| 2020 | 47 | #3,281 |
| 2019 | 57 | #2,891 |
| 2018 | 66 | #2,610 |
| 2017 | 72 | #2,487 |
| 2016 | 93 | #2,093 |
| 2015 | 118 | #1,770 |
| 2014 | 127 | #1,665 |
| 2013 | 157 | #1,435 |
| 2012 | 172 | #1,359 |
| 2011 | 255 | #994 |
| 2010 | 281 | #924 |
| 2009 | 310 | #884 |
| 2008 | 287 | #945 |
| 2007 | 156 | #1,485 |
| 2006 | 134 | #1,597 |
| 2005 | 143 | #1,471 |
| 2004 | 114 | #1,697 |
| 2003 | 60 | #2,635 |
| 2002 | 73 | #2,248 |
| 2001 | 92 | #1,883 |
| 2000 | 90 | #1,881 |
| 1999 | 64 | #2,304 |
| 1998 | 47 | #2,795 |
| 1997 | 64 | #2,155 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,826 |
| 1995 | 25 | #4,094 |
| 1994 | 23 | #4,371 |
| 1993 | 22 | #4,518 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
Names like Payten
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Payten
Peyton Payton Paityn Peighton Paitynn Paiton Paetyn Paighton
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