NewName Shortlist 0 Girl · Old English
Payton Say it: PAY-tun
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Meaning A spelling of Peyton, from an English surname taken from a place name, probably Old English personal name Pæga plus tun 'enclosure, settlement'.
Likely the main view, with some doubt.
This spelling was used mostly for girls in the US from the 1990s.
Its wave through time Most used in the 2000s
In the United States 0 1 2 3 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Girls 2010 Boys 2000 per 1,000 babies of that sex 79,282 babies given this name since 1880 At its height in 2008, about 1 in 523 girls 1,496 babies in 2020 The family of the name Other spellings: Peyton
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