Payden vs Payten
American parents have registered 3,975 Paytens since 1880, against 2,044 Paydens. But in 2025 it was Payden that was commoner, 17 babies to 14.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Payden Payten
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 40 years in which either name was published, Payten for 27 years and Payden for 13 years. The lead changed hands 2 times.
Side by side
| Payden | Payten | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 2,044 | 3,975 |
| Most in one year | 127 | 343 |
| Babies in 2025 | 17 | 14 |
| Estimated living today | 2,000 | 3,900 |
| Median age today | 17 | 16 |
| Peak year | 2008 | 2009 |
| Best rank | 1,916th boys | 884th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 7,194th | 7,491st |
| First recorded | 1986 | 1992 |
| Girls / boys | 701 / 1,343 | 3,344 / 631 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Where each one is strongest
- Payden Utah (16.0×), Texas (6.4×), Oklahoma (5.8×)
- Payten Washington (2.6×), Utah (2.4×), Arizona (2.4×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Payden and Payten.