Payden
Payden was the 7549th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 11 babies. Its best year was 2008, when it ranked 1928th with 75 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,539 places. More babies were named Payden in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #7,549 boys, down 3,655 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 11boys
- Girls and boys
- 36% girls, 64% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 200875 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,044babies recorded
Payden popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #14,505 | #7,549 | 6 | 11 |
| 2020 | #14,691 | #3,894 | 6 | 27 |
| 2010 | #3,191 | #2,137 | 52 | 63 |
| 2000 | #6,724 | #3,504 | 16 | 24 |
| 1990 | — | #2,476 | — | 28 |
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How popular is Payden, counting every spelling?
Payden has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Payden?
11 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Payden (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Payden born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 750 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Payden.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Payden?
About 1,300 people born in the US named Payden are alive today, with a median age of 20; half are between 14 and 28. That makes Payden mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
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Questions about the name Payden
How popular is the name Payden?
Payden was the 7549th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 11 babies. Its best year was 2008, when it ranked 1928th with 75 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,539 places. More babies were named Payden in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Payden a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 36% girls, 64% boys given the name Payden in the US.