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Payton

“Pæga's town; fighting man's estate” — Old English origin

Boy's name · #1564 in the US (2025) · 2000s

Payton has appeared in US records since 1880 — best rank #219 (2000) · 24,739 babies named Payton all-time · 1 in 17,000 boys born in 2025.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 16 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Paytons

• Payton Pritchard — American basketball player (1998-)
• Payton Talbott — American mixed martial arts fighter
• Payton Otterdahl — American shot putter
• Payton Sandfort — American basketball player (born 2002)
• Payton Turner — American college football defensive end

What Paytons become

Among 81 notable people named Payton:

Athletes appear 3.81× more often than among typical names — e.g. Payton Pritchard, American basketball player (1998-).

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