Peyton

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

Boy's name · #684 in the US (2025) · 2000s

Peyton's best rank, #125, came in 2007; it has stepped well back to #684 today. Roughly 52,000 boys have been named Peyton since 1884. About 81% of babies named Peyton in recent years have been girls. Together with its spelling variant Payton (#1569), Peyton would rank around #578 with about 510 births last year — the newborns split about 79/21 between Peyton and Payton.

Around the world: about 1 in 7,600 boys in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 35 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Peytons

Peyton Manning — American football player (born 1976)
Peyton Reed — American film director
Peyton Meyer — American actor
Peyton Randolph — president of the first Continental Congress (1721-1775)
Peyton Watson — American basketball player

In stories & tradition

Peyton Leverett — Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure

What Peytons become

Among 141 notable people named Peyton:

Sports figures appear 3.17× more often than among typical names — e.g. Peyton Manning, American football player (born 1976).

Similar names: Payton · Drake · Pierce · Colby · Dayton · Layton

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