Payton

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

Boy's name · #1569 in the US (2025) · 2000s

Payton's best rank, #219, came in 2000; it has stepped well back to #1569 today. Roughly 25,000 boys have been named Payton since 1880. About 88% of babies named Payton in recent years have been girls. Together with its spelling variant Peyton (#684), Payton would rank around #578 with about 510 births last year — the newborns split about 79/21 between Peyton and Payton.

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:

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

Similar names: Peyton · Skylar · Paxton · Kolby · Dayton · Trevon

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