# Peyton (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/peyton/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 140,602 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 52,383 / 88,219 (63% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,842, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Payton.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4,679 | 53 |
| 2012 | 4,478 | 53 |
| 2013 | 4,580 | 51 |
| 2014 | 4,455 | 56 |
| 2015 | 3,906 | 72 |
| 2016 | 3,511 | 81 |
| 2017 | 3,260 | 89 |
| 2018 | 2,912 | 102 |
| 2019 | 2,869 | 97 |
| 2020 | 2,730 | 98 |
| 2021 | 2,695 | 100 |
| 2022 | 2,319 | 125 |
| 2023 | 1,960 | 143 |
| 2024 | 1,817 | 169 |
| 2025 | 1,559 | 199 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,299 | 166 |
| 2012 | 2,075 | 184 |
| 2013 | 1,847 | 210 |
| 2014 | 1,842 | 210 |
| 2015 | 1,383 | 262 |
| 2016 | 1,248 | 288 |
| 2017 | 999 | 341 |
| 2018 | 797 | 399 |
| 2019 | 698 | 437 |
| 2020 | 687 | 433 |
| 2021 | 634 | 471 |
| 2022 | 556 | 535 |
| 2023 | 467 | 608 |
| 2024 | 417 | 658 |
| 2025 | 398 | 684 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 163 | 301 |
| 2012 | 149 | 328 |
| 2013 | 157 | 300 |
| 2014 | 150 | 307 |
| 2015 | 170 | 285 |
| 2016 | 176 | 285 |
| 2017 | 161 | 303 |
| 2018 | 162 | 292 |
| 2019 | 149 | 317 |
| 2020 | 154 | 302 |
| 2021 | 170 | 279 |
| 2022 | 110 | 391 |
| 2023 | 84 | 471 |
| 2024 | 73 | 533 |
| 2025 | 53 | 696 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 11 | 1,962 |
| 2013 | 16 | 1,462 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,079 |
| 2015 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,027 |
| 2017 | 14 | 1,703 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,112 |
| 2019 | 11 | 1,986 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,635 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,325 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## People named Peyton

- Francis Peyton Rous, American scientist (1879-1970)
- Peyton Manning, American football player (born 1976)
- Peyton Reed, American film director
- Peyton List, American actress (born 1986)
- Peyton Meyer, American actor
- Peyton Elizabeth Lee, American actress
- Peyton Royce, Australian professional wrestler
- Peyton Kennedy, Canadian actress
- Peyton Watson, American basketball player (born 2002)
- Peyton Siva, American basketball player (born 1990)
- Peyton C. March, 9th Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1864–1955)
- Peyton Miller, American soccer player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.