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Peyson

Mostly boys · PAY-son · English

Peyson is a name of English origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Peyson come from?

English: respelling of Payson or Peyton, English surnames

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PAY-son

Is Peyson a girl's or a boy's name?

In recent years, Peyson has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys.

How popular is Peyson in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 2008.

Half of all the boys named Peyson in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

2008Busiest: 16 in 20122023
Peyson in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20235#12,232
20227#9,815
20215#12,141
202010#7,497
201914#6,099
20185#12,150
20170–
20168#8,811
201512#6,671
201414#5,993
20136#10,722
201216#5,476
20115#12,280
201011#7,081
20090–
20087#9,864

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