How rare is the name Peyton?

113,474 people in the United States have the first name Peyton, about 1 in 2,662. It ranks #495 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

PEYTON

#495

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
113,474
About
1 in 2,662
This common or more
58.3%
Who bears it

Of the 113,474 people named Peyton, 77.5% reported their origin as White, 8.2% as Black and 6.1% as two or more races. 60.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Peyton peaked in 2009, when 8,028 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18842025
Peak year
2009
Births that year
8,028
In 2025*
1,957 ▼76%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 140,602 babies have been given the name since 1884. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Peyton by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #105. The largest share of babies named Peyton, 58.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#2,56212
1890s#2,35640
1900s#4,16711
1910s#2,971170
1920s#3,295218
1930s#3,307180
1940s#3,249215
1950s#3,809214
1960s#3,161353
1970s#2,989496
1980s#2,415841
1990s#44113,707
2000s#13852,448
2010s#10555,458
2020s#24916,239
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.3%
Silent Generation 1928–450.2%
Baby boom 1946–640.3%
Generation X 1965–800.5%
Millennials 1981–964.6%
Generation Z 1997–1258.1%
2013 and later35.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Peyton is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Peyton has been most common in Nevada (1.9×), Tennessee (1.6×), and Alaska (1.6×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.26×).

136,977 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Peyton

#493 Ramon · 114,143#494 Sonia · 113,726#496 Cory · 113,340#497 Marcia · 113,325

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Peyton, most common first.

#17,814 Peyten · 612#29,353 Peytan · 302#32,182 Peytin · 263#32,873 Peytyn · 254

Also a last name

As a last name, Peyton ranks #3,498 of 156,621, with 9,947 people. See Peyton as a last name

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