Peyton
The 2025 national count puts Peyton at #199, with the crowd thinning around it. On the books since 1957, peaking in 2009: 88,219 American children so far.
Peyton’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Peyton, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Peyton since 1957
Peyton peaked in 2009 at #42; #199 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Peyton is most common
The state that gives Peyton most often, per girls born there, is Rhode Island (0.45% in 2025); New Hampshire and Maine are close behind.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Peyton
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Presley
#225 in 2025
Piper
#155 in 2025
Parker
#102 in 2025
Paisley
#67 in 2025
Andres
#200 in 2025 · Greek
Caden
#201 in 2025
Ashton
#197 in 2025
Kingston
#204 in 2025
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About Peyton
Where does Peyton rank right now?
The 2025 national count puts Peyton at #199, with the crowd thinning around it. The chart above draws the whole run since 1957, from the Social Security Administration's public data.
What is the recorded meaning of Peyton?
No recorded meaning in the references we are allowed to cite, Peyton keeps its mystery, and we keep our sourcing rule.
Which names sit near Peyton?
On origin, era, syllables and first letter, Presley sits closest, with Piper and Parker just behind. Give the matcher the names already in the house and it scores the whole top thousand against them.
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