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Baby name
Payton
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71% girls / 29% boys
Origin of the name
Payton is a spelling of Peyton, first an English place name and surname.
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Where babies named Payton are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Payton is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Payton is most common in Iowa (2 times), Montana (2) and Idaho (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Where babies named Payton are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Payton is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Payton is most common in Arkansas (3.2 times), Idaho (3.2) and Utah (2.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Girls and boys, decade by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0% | 100% |
| 1890s | 0% | 100% |
| 1900s | 0% | 100% |
| 1910s | 0% | 100% |
| 1920s | 0% | 100% |
| 1930s | 0% | 100% |
| 1940s | 0% | 100% |
| 1950s | 0% | 100% |
| 1960s | 17% | 83% |
| 1970s | 18% | 82% |
| 1980s | 16% | 84% |
| 1990s | 60% | 40% |
| 2000s | 64% | 36% |
| 2010s | 84% | 16% |
| 2020s | 88% | 12% |