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How popular is the name Payton?
Births per year, rank history and how many Paytons are alive today.
Payton (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Peyton in England and Wales, ranked 1809th in 2025 and given to 16 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2010, when 77 babies were given the name, the 521st most popular that year. It has declined since 2010; the 2025 figure is roughly 21% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Peyton you are most likely to meet is around 15 years old. Half of all Peytons born in England and Wales are between 7 and 16, and there are at least 3,900 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 1.2% chance that at least one of them will be called Peyton.
How many babies are named Payton each year?
Includes all spellings: Payton, Peyton. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Payton spelling rank?
Where does the Peyton spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Payton most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Peyton, peaked in 2010, when 275 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Payton spelling itself peaked in 2010, with 77 babies.
How many people are called Payton?
At least 3,900 people named Payton in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Payton?
Most living Paytons are between 7 and 16; the most common age is about 15.
Is Payton becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2010 peak.