Peyton

#199 for girls in 2025, 1,559 births · #683 for boys in 2025, 398 births
Given to girls 62.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
2009 · 5,318 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
13 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
88,219
since 1957

Peyton over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202010peak #42, 2009peak #125, 2007girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1991,559#683398
2024#1681,817#658417
2023#1431,960#607467
2022#1252,319#535556
2021#1002,695#469634
2020#982,730#433687
2019#972,869#437698
2018#1022,912#399797
2017#893,260#341999
2016#813,511#2881,248
2015#723,906#2611,383
2014#564,455#2101,842
2013#514,580#2091,847
2012#534,478#1842,075
2011#534,679#1662,299
2010#514,973#1482,647
2009#425,318#1482,710
2008#604,738#1303,225
2007#1232,774#1253,375
2006#1382,538#1572,686
2005#1312,462#1382,843
2004#1342,394#1632,484
2003#1921,700#2081,768
2002#1881,702#2051,764
2001#1731,885#1772,114
2000#1681,968#1832,000
1999#2351,356#2341,382
1998#2181,417#2221,451
1997#2301,303#2541,121
1996#2551,104#335772
1995#437588#477453
1994#431585#542357
1993#404617#660242
1992#584398#763187
1991#2,03467#954125
1990#2,12861#937121
1989#3,04535#985107
1988#2,53942#1,11880
1987#3,16929#1,06780
1986#2,90332#1,07575
1985#3,73022#1,26857
1984#3,32925#1,32050
1983#4,10918#1,44843
1982#4,02519#1,65436
1981#4,16218#1,76632
1980#4,32717#2,16224
1979#3,90319#1,67034
1978#4,67914#1,48739
1977#5,21312#1,85827
1976#3,81217#1,71130
1975#3,51419#1,25846
1974#3,42619#1,17150
1973#4,36213#1,46434
1972#3,71416#1,87123
1971#6,0068#1,63729
1970#2,85624#1,84723
1969#3,77414#1,57027
1968#3,45615#1,61424
1967#2,55823#1,65222
1966#2,24928#1,89117
1965#4,8318#1,45628
1964#4,35510#1,51027
1963#5,8916#1,69522
1962#5,2937#1,47928
1961#5,3097#1,99717
1960#1,69223
1959#1,80620
1958#1,76620
1957#6,0865#1,75121
1956#1,64223
1955#1,64622
1954#1,76219
1953#1,76519
1952#1,70120
1951#1,43027
1950#1,74618
1949#1,46225
1948#1,51923
1947#1,55523
1946#1,50922
1945#1,69716
1944#1,40023
1943#1,52921
1942#1,79916
1941#1,30026
1940#1,51920
1939#1,48920
1938#1,31026
1937#1,62718
1936#1,63917
1935#1,49421
1934#2,26611
1933#1,70717
1932#1,92215
1931#1,77017
1930#1,75318
1929#1,84817
1928#2,52211
1927#1,51625
1926#1,72020
1925#1,45126
1924#1,83919
1923#1,50225
1922#1,82719
1921#1,29632
1920#1,54324
1919#1,38627
1918#1,25631
1917#1,69319
1916#1,94915
1915#1,41023
1914#1,18824
1913#1,44114
1912#1,8858
1911#1,1909
1910
1909
1908
1907#1,2006
1906
1905
1904
1903#1,1305
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898#8857
1897
1896
1895#9786
1894
1893#8367
1892#7928
1891#8416
1890#8846
1889
1888
1887#7527
1886
1885
1884#9715
1883
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1881
1880
First appearance
1957

The first year at least five girls were named Peyton! It came in at #6,086, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1957–1960, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Peyton
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 31 spots since 2024 (#168#199)
  • 101 spots since 2020 (#98#199)
  • 127 spots since 2015 (#72#199)
  • Biggest jump: 1,450 spots in 1992 (#2,034#584)
  • Biggest drop: 31 spots in 2025 (#168#199)
Rise & fade · girls
52 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1957
  • Peaked 2009 at #42 (5,318 births)
  • Births halved by 2022, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 13 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 13 yrs · run 2008–2017
  • Top 1,000: 34 yrs · run 1992–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 345
  • Highest: 1 in 345 girls born in 2009 were named Peyton (0.29%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,031 girls born in 2025 (0.10%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 44.9% of all girls named Peyton (39,623) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2008
  • Mostly boys until 2007, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s5#6,086 (1957)#6,086
1960s118#2,249 (1966)#4,191
1970s161#2,856 (1970)#4,149
1980s257#2,539 (1988)#3,534
1990s7,496#218 (1998)#696
2000s27,479#42 (2009)#135
2010s39,623#51 (2010)#71
2020s13,080#98 (2020)#139

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Peyton in 2010

girls
#51
4,973 births · 1 in 357 girls
boys
#148
2,647 births · 1 in 725 boys

Top girls' names in 2010

  1. #1Isabella22,936
  2. #2Sophia20,656
  3. #3Emma17,366
  4. #4Olivia17,040
  5. #5Ava15,444
  6. #6Emily14,281
  7. #7Abigail14,257
  8. #8Madison13,196
  9. #9Chloe11,765
  10. #10Mia10,650
  11. #51Peyton4,973

Top boys' names in 2010

  1. #1Jacob22,157
  2. #2Ethan18,020
  3. #3Michael17,387
  4. #4Jayden17,203
  5. #5William17,072
  6. #6Alexander16,769
  7. #7Noah16,481
  8. #8Daniel15,869
  9. #9Aiden15,547
  10. #10Anthony15,511
  11. #148Peyton2,647
More about 2010

girls

1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 357 of them was named Peyton, which outranked 99.7% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Peyton
  1. #48Bella5,136
  2. #49Kayla5,060
  3. #50Alexa5,043
  4. #51Peyton4,973
  5. #52Audrey4,952
  6. #53Claire4,917
  7. #54Arianna4,848
Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. 2,433Tenley#2,892#459
  2. 2,126Elin#2,852#726
  3. 664Jordynn#1,353#689
  4. 623Kynlee#1,509#886
  5. 513Farrah#1,063#550
Fallers
  1. 502Calleigh#834#1,336
  2. 491Marely#851#1,342
  3. 477Analia#331#808
  4. 417Destiney#900#1,317
  5. 326Dayanara#810#1,136

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 725 of them was named Peyton, which outranked 99.0% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Peyton
  1. #145Easton2,710
  2. #146Jace2,678
  3. #147Oscar2,665
  4. #148Peyton2,647
  5. #148Collin2,647
  6. #150Leonardo2,617
  7. #151Cayden2,581
  8. #152Gage2,564

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. 2,631Bentlee#3,476#845
  2. 1,735Jencarlos#2,663#928
  3. 1,536Bently#2,203#667
  4. 940Callen#1,638#698
  5. 892Bode#1,665#773
Fallers
  1. 314Dereon#953#1,267
  2. 290Aaden#271#561
  3. 248Landin#935#1,183
  4. 229Rigoberto#920#1,149
  5. 191Dillan#793#984

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2010