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Peyton
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63% girls / 37% boys
Origin of the name
Peyton was first an English place name and surname.
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Where babies named Peyton are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Peyton is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Peyton is most common in North Dakota (1.8 times), Delaware (1.6) and West Virginia (1.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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- Payton 60,045
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Where babies named Peyton are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Peyton is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Peyton is most common in Tennessee (2.6 times), Mississippi (2.6) and Louisiana (2.5), 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 | 2% | 98% |
| 1960s | 33% | 67% |
| 1970s | 32% | 68% |
| 1980s | 31% | 69% |
| 1990s | 55% | 45% |
| 2000s | 52% | 48% |
| 2010s | 71% | 29% |
| 2020s | 81% | 19% |