Peighton
Girl · PAY-tun · English
Peighton is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “Paega's settlement”. In 2025 it ranked 5,553rd for girls in the US (22 babies).
What does Peighton mean?
English: spelling variant of Peyton, an English place name and surname
“Paega's settlement”
From an Old English personal name plus tun, 'settlement'.
- Say it
- PAY-tun
Is Peighton a girl's or a boy's name?
Peighton is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Peighton in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Peighton in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Peighton in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
How popular is Peighton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,553among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 73,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the US were named Peighton, making it the 5,553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,597th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 189 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
2025 had fewer girls named Peighton than any year since 1995.
Half of all the girls named Peighton in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,435 girls in the US were given Peighton or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #143, up from #5,553 for this spelling alone.
Peighton in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #5,553 |
| 2024 | 27 | #4,890 |
| 2023 | 53 | #3,091 |
| 2022 | 47 | #3,364 |
| 2021 | 51 | #3,157 |
| 2020 | 65 | #2,597 |
| 2019 | 100 | #1,949 |
| 2018 | 92 | #2,084 |
| 2017 | 112 | #1,828 |
| 2016 | 141 | #1,573 |
| 2015 | 140 | #1,566 |
| 2014 | 146 | #1,510 |
| 2013 | 174 | #1,338 |
| 2012 | 187 | #1,279 |
| 2011 | 182 | #1,292 |
| 2010 | 189 | #1,263 |
| 2009 | 174 | #1,366 |
| 2008 | 131 | #1,704 |
| 2007 | 79 | #2,394 |
| 2006 | 74 | #2,485 |
| 2005 | 66 | #2,576 |
| 2004 | 62 | #2,648 |
| 2003 | 52 | #2,920 |
| 2002 | 52 | #2,850 |
| 2001 | 50 | #2,877 |
| 2000 | 68 | #2,273 |
| 1999 | 36 | #3,440 |
| 1998 | 50 | #2,688 |
| 1997 | 35 | #3,299 |
| 1996 | 30 | #3,627 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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