Payton
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- PAY-ton
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,570 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #440 for girls
Big in Scotland
Payton is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “Pæga's town”. In 2025 it ranked 1,570th for girls in the UK (20 babies) and 440th for girls in the US (701 babies).
What does Payton mean?
English: spelling of Peyton, an English surname and place name
“Pæga's town”
A variant of Peyton, an English surname taken from a place name; Pæga was an Old English personal name.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Payton a girl's or a boy's name?
Payton is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls and 3 boys in the UK and 701 girls and 109 boys in the US.
How popular is Payton in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,570among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were named Payton, making it the 1,570th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 730th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 111 girls. 3 boys were also named Payton in 2025 (5,065th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Payton than any year since 2007.
Half of all the girls named Payton in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 83 girls in the UK were given Payton or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #511, up from #1,570 for this spelling alone.
- Peyton 63
- Payton 20
In 2025, 87% of the babies named Payton in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,809th in England and Wales and 632nd in Scotland.
Payton in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2024 | 32 | #1,111 |
| 2023 | 46 | #843 |
| 2022 | 50 | #783 |
| 2021 | 53 | #768 |
| 2020 | 55 | #730 |
| 2019 | 50 | #809 |
| 2018 | 64 | #683 |
| 2017 | 76 | #609 |
| 2016 | 79 | #585 |
| 2015 | 67 | #663 |
| 2014 | 77 | #598 |
| 2013 | 76 | #593 |
| 2012 | 92 | #520 |
| 2011 | 75 | #592 |
| 2010 | 111 | #436 |
| 2009 | 77 | #558 |
| 2008 | 38 | #929 |
| 2007 | 20 | #1,421 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,764 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,807 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,649 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,723 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,921 |
| 1998 | 13 | #1,505 |
| 1997 | 14 | #1,387 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,520 |
How popular is Payton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #440among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 701about 1 in 2,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 701 girls in the US were named Payton, making it the 440th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 218th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 3,646 girls. It first appears in the records in 1966. 109 boys were also named Payton in 2025 (1,564th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 16 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Payton than any year since 1995.
Half of all the girls named Payton in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,435 girls in the US were given Payton or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #143, up from #440 for this spelling alone.
In 1967, 45% of the babies named Payton in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 87%, with more girls than boys since 1992.
Payton in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 701 | #440 |
| 2024 | 823 | #381 |
| 2023 | 991 | #311 |
| 2022 | 1,099 | #288 |
| 2021 | 1,168 | #267 |
| 2020 | 1,333 | #218 |
| 2019 | 1,423 | #215 |
| 2018 | 1,428 | #218 |
| 2017 | 1,650 | #189 |
| 2016 | 1,802 | #183 |
| 2015 | 2,117 | #153 |
| 2014 | 2,416 | #134 |
| 2013 | 2,620 | #122 |
| 2012 | 2,946 | #103 |
| 2011 | 3,153 | #95 |
| 2010 | 3,589 | #79 |
| 2009 | 3,646 | #84 |
| 2008 | 3,612 | #91 |
| 2007 | 2,284 | #153 |
| 2006 | 2,158 | #163 |
| 2005 | 2,184 | #158 |
| 2004 | 2,077 | #159 |
| 2003 | 1,619 | #204 |
| 2002 | 1,758 | #182 |
| 2001 | 1,983 | #164 |
| 2000 | 2,059 | #163 |
| 1999 | 1,394 | #230 |
| 1998 | 1,368 | #227 |
| 1997 | 1,336 | #224 |
| 1996 | 1,018 | #284 |
| 1995 | 638 | #408 |
| 1994 | 568 | #445 |
| 1993 | 522 | #483 |
| 1992 | 307 | #702 |
| 1991 | 45 | #2,654 |
| 1990 | 23 | #4,225 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,842 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,010 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,854 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 14 | #3,483 |
| 1966 | 18 | #2,936 |
Names like Payton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Payton
Peyton Paityn Peighton Payten Paitynn Paiton Paetyn Paighton
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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, “Payton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/payton, updated 20 October 2026.