Peyton Name Popularity

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How popular is Peyton?

In 2018 the somewhat popular name Peyton, ranked the 101st Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 250 most popular, Peyton has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

Its highest popularity ranking of #42 was reached in 2009 with 5,313 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Peyton was less than 5, most recently in 1960.

Peyton, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1971-1974, 1981-2000, and 2001-2009, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 2014-2017.

Sometimes the name Peyton has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

For a number of years, the name Peyton has steadily increased in popularity. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name Peyton for their newborn has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Peyton?

Peyton's popularity is at a mid point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Peyton is favored by many parents but has recently started to drift downward in popularity.

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		Peyton (Girl)		Peyton (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		2,896	101	787	401
2017		3,250	89	996	340
2016		3,502	81	1,241	290
2015		3,902	72	1,379	262
2014		4,447	56	1,839	210
2013		4,567	51	1,844	208
2012		4,472	53	2,075	184
2011		4,675	53	2,293	166
2010		4,968	51	2,643	149
2009		5,313	42	2,709	148
2008		4,732	60	3,220	130
2007		2,774	122	3,373	125
2006		2,536	138	2,685	157
2005		2,462	131	2,842	138
2004		2,391	134	2,483	163
2003		1,700	192	1,768	208
2002		1,702	188	1,764	205
2001		1,885	173	2,113	178
2000		1,967	168	2,001	183
1999		1,356	235	1,381	234
1998		1,417	218	1,451	222
1997		1,303	230	1,121	254
1996		1,104	255	772	336
1995		588	437	453	479
1994		585	431	357	545
1993		617	405	242	661
1992		399	583	187	764
1991		67	2,049	126	951
1990		62	2,122	121	944
1989		35	3,086	107	991
1988		42	2,577	80	1,122
1987		29	3,237	80	1,073
1986		32	2,955	75	1,084
1985		22	3,811	58	1,267
1984		25	3,396	50	1,344
1983		18	4,234	44	1,443
1982		19	4,128	37	1,641
1981		18	4,284	32	1,799
1980		17	4,462	24	2,198
1979		19	4,002	34	1,697
1978		15	4,608	39	1,499
1977		12	5,438	27	1,894
1976		17	3,915	30	1,736
1975		19	3,604	45	1,295
1974		19	3,525	50	1,177
1973		13	4,521	34	1,484
1972		15	4,036	23	1,911
1971		8	6,426	29	1,658
1970		24	2,910	23	1,883
1969		14	3,921	27	1,596
1968		15	3,566	24	1,636
1967		23	2,613	22	1,698
1966		28	2,290	17	1,945
1965		8	5,166	28	1,476
1964		10	4,557	27	1,535
1963		6	6,411	22	1,731
1962		7	5,705	28	1,505
1961		7	5,696	17	2,056
1960		< 5	--	23	1,718
1959		< 5	--	20	1,847
1958		< 5	--	20	1,821
1957		5	6,800	22	1,744
1956		< 5	--	22	1,709
1955		< 5	--	22	1,669
1954		< 5	--	19	1,807
1953		< 5	--	19	1,816
1952		< 5	--	20	1,735
1951		< 5	--	27	1,448
1950		< 5	--	18	1,796
1949		< 5	--	25	1,495
1948		< 5	--	23	1,552
1947		< 5	--	23	1,588
1946		< 5	--	22	1,549
1945		< 5	--	16	1,750
1944		< 5	--	23	1,428
1943		< 5	--	21	1,566
1942		< 5	--	16	1,844
1941		< 5	--	26	1,326
1940		< 5	--	20	1,558
1939		< 5	--	20	1,523
1938		< 5	--	26	1,333
1937		< 5	--	18	1,675
1936		< 5	--	17	1,709
1935		< 5	--	21	1,532
1934		< 5	--	11	2,362
1933		< 5	--	17	1,759
1932		< 5	--	15	1,981
1931		< 5	--	17	1,826
1930		< 5	--	18	1,802
1929		< 5	--	17	1,908
1928		< 5	--	11	2,610
1927		< 5	--	25	1,550
1926		< 5	--	20	1,771
1925		< 5	--	26	1,486
1924		< 5	--	19	1,880
1923		< 5	--	25	1,541
1922		< 5	--	19	1,868
1921		< 5	--	32	1,319
1920		< 5	--	24	1,583
1919		< 5	--	27	1,403
1918		< 5	--	31	1,282
1917		< 5	--	19	1,741
1916		< 5	--	15	2,022
1915		< 5	--	23	1,445
1914		< 5	--	24	1,216
1913		< 5	--	14	1,489
1912		< 5	--	8	2,013
1911		< 5	--	9	1,263
1910		< 5	--	< 5	--
1909		< 5	--	< 5	--
1908		< 5	--	< 5	--
1907		< 5	--	6	1,307
1906		< 5	--	< 5	--
1905		< 5	--	< 5	--
1904		< 5	--	< 5	--
1903		< 5	--	5	1,267
1902		< 5	--	< 5	--
1901		< 5	--	< 5	--
1900		< 5	--	< 5	--
1899		< 5	--	< 5	--
1898		< 5	--	7	972
1897		< 5	--	< 5	--
1896		< 5	--	< 5	--
1895		< 5	--	6	1,054
1894		< 5	--	< 5	--
1893		< 5	--	7	892
1892		< 5	--	8	845
1891		< 5	--	6	934
1890		< 5	--	6	971
1889		< 5	--	< 5	--
1888		< 5	--	< 5	--
1887		< 5	--	7	809
1886		< 5	--	< 5	--
1885		< 5	--	< 5	--
1884		< 5	--	5	1,084
1883		< 5	--	< 5	--
1882		< 5	--	< 5	--
1881		< 5	--	< 5	--
1880		< 5	--	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.