Fun Facts About the Name Payden
- More than 2 thousand babies named Payden: U.S. records list 2,044 babies given the name Payden from 1880 through 2025. Even 701 girls received the name Payden - about 1 girl for every 2 boys.
What Does the Name Payden Mean?
Payden is a spelling variant of Peyton, a name of Old English origin that comes from an English place name. The place name joins the Old English personal name Pæga with tūn, a word meaning "enclosure," "farm," or "settlement." The literal sense is "Pæga's settlement" or "the settlement of Pæga's people," a way of naming a farm or village after the person who founded or held it. Because Payden is a respelling of that name rather than a separate coinage with its own root, its meaning is the meaning of Peyton. The -ayden ending also occurs in unrelated American names such as Hayden and Jayden, but the resemblance there is one of sound only, not of shared origin.
Payden Name History & Origins
Peyton began as an English surname rather than a first name. Like many English family names, it comes from a place: a settlement named for a man called Pæga. Surnames of this kind became hereditary in England during the later Middle Ages, and a family bearing the name Peyton was established in Suffolk; Sir John Peyton served Elizabeth I as Lieutenant of the Tower of London.
Payden belongs to a later, American stage of the name's life, when surname-style names such as Peyton and Payton were taken up as first names for children of either sex and their spellings multiplied. Payden is one such respelling. It also overlaps in sound with a group of American names built on the ending -ayden, among them Hayden, Brayden, and Kayden, which do not share Peyton's Old English root. Whether Payden is simply a phonetic respelling of Peyton or was reinforced by that group is not documented.
How Popular is the Name Payden?
Payden has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2008. Its best rank was #1,928 in 2008.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #14,505 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #10,859 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #9,454 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2022 | #11,967 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #10,919 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #14,684 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2019 | #8,495 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2018 | #8,053 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2017 | #6,741 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2016 | #6,140 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2015 | #4,947 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2014 | #5,135 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2013 | #4,514 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 2012 | #4,196 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 2011 | #3,706 | 42 | 0.0024% |
| 2010 | #3,191 | 52 | 0.0029% |
| 2009 | #3,036 | 57 | 0.0031% |
| 2008 | #3,254 | 52 | 0.0028% |
| 2007 | #6,271 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2006 | #6,541 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2005 | #5,562 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2004 | #7,312 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2003 | #5,363 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2002 | #6,065 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2001 | #6,549 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2000 | #6,724 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1999 | #5,598 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1998 | #6,001 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1997 | #6,728 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1996 | #5,466 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1995 | #10,251 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #8,613 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1993 | #8,529 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1992 | #10,202 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,549 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2024 | #6,372 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2023 | #8,102 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #5,169 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2021 | #4,457 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2020 | #3,893 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2019 | #6,322 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2018 | #4,702 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2017 | #4,702 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2016 | #3,864 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2015 | #3,010 | 39 | 0.0020% |
| 2014 | #3,023 | 38 | 0.0020% |
| 2013 | #2,937 | 39 | 0.0021% |
| 2012 | #2,474 | 51 | 0.0027% |
| 2011 | #2,578 | 48 | 0.0025% |
| 2010 | #2,136 | 63 | 0.0033% |
| 2009 | #2,137 | 64 | 0.0032% |
| 2008 | #1,928 | 75 | 0.0037% |
| 2007 | #2,496 | 51 | 0.0025% |
| 2006 | #2,271 | 56 | 0.0027% |
| 2005 | #2,519 | 45 | 0.0023% |
| 2004 | #2,369 | 48 | 0.0024% |
| 2003 | #2,978 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 2002 | #2,461 | 41 | 0.0021% |
| 2001 | #2,467 | 40 | 0.0021% |
| 2000 | #3,504 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 1999 | #2,920 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 1998 | #2,635 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 1997 | #2,535 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 1996 | #2,134 | 40 | 0.0021% |
| 1995 | #3,000 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1994 | #2,111 | 39 | 0.0020% |
| 1993 | #2,331 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 1992 | #3,572 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1991 | #2,215 | 33 | 0.0016% |
| 1990 | #2,476 | 28 | 0.0014% |
| 1989 | #2,527 | 26 | 0.0013% |
| 1988 | #2,574 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1987 | #2,255 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 1986 | #2,974 | 17 | 0.0009% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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