Peyton

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

Girl's name · #199 in the US (2025) · 2010s

Peyton reached its best rank, #42, in 2009 and ranked #199 in 2025. About 88,000 girls have carried it since 1957. About 81% of babies named Peyton in recent years have been girls. Together with its spelling variant Payton (#440), Peyton would rank around #120 with about 2,300 births last year — the newborns split about 69/31 between Peyton and Payton.

Around the world: about 1 in 580 girls in New Zealand (2025) · about 1 in 840 girls in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 1,800 girls in Scotland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 49 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Peytons

Peyton List — American actress (born 1998)
Peyton Elizabeth Lee — American actress
Peyton Royce — Australian professional wrestler
Peyton Stearns — US American tennis player
Peyton Kennedy — Canadian actress

In stories & tradition

Peyton Sawyer — One Tree Hill
Peyton Driscoll — CSI: NY

What Peytons become

Among 141 notable people named Peyton:

Sports figures appear 3.17× more often than among typical names — e.g. Peyton Stearns, US American tennis player.

Similar names: Payton · Skylar · Piper · Rylee · Brooklyn · Hayden

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