Payten is a girl name with a modern feel, drawn from real birth records. Below you'll find what Payten means and where it comes from, plus how many babies have been named Payten across the United States, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, how popular Payten has been over the decades, and the year it peaked.
Payten is a girl name of Old English origin meaning “variant of Payton, fighting man's estate”. A respelling of Payton, from an English place name and surname.
| Country | Births on record |
|---|---|
| United States since 1880 | 3,975 births |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 6 births |
Counts come from official national birth-registration statistics: U.S. Social Security Administration, England & Wales (Office for National Statistics), Scotland (National Records of Scotland), Northern Ireland (NISRA), Ireland (Central Statistics Office) and New Zealand (Dept. of Internal Affairs). Coverage spans differ, so totals aren't directly comparable across countries.
Babies named Payten per year, United States (1992 to 2025). United States peaked in 2009 (343/yr) · England & Wales peaked in 2000 (3/yr).
Payten is an uncommon baby name in the United States. It was most common in 2009, when it ranked #1,519 nationally (given to 343 babies that year).
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