Names / Unisex names
Payton
Current rank
#440
and easing
All-time peak
#79
in 2010
First recorded
1880
in U.S. data
Children named
84,700
since 1880
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #79 in 2010 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
A unisex name, Payton first appears in 1880. It peaked in 2010 at #79. Today it sits at #440 and is slowly cooling. Over 84,700 have carried it since records began.