Payne
Payne was the 8744th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 2000, when it ranked 1149th with 121 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,287 places. More babies were named Payne in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #8,744 boys, down 3,110 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 9boys
- Girls and boys
- 7% girls, 93% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2000121 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,316babies recorded
Payne popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #16,673 | #8,744 | 5 | 9 |
| 2020 | — | #5,634 | — | 16 |
| 2010 | — | #3,606 | — | 30 |
| 2000 | — | #1,149 | — | 121 |
| 1990 | — | #2,755 | — | 24 |
| 1980 | — | — | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | #1,453 | — | 5 |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Payne, counting every spelling?
Payne has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Payne?
9 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Payne (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Payne 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 930 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Payne.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Payne?
About 1,200 people born in the US named Payne are alive today, with a median age of 24; half are between 17 and 30. That makes Payne 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 Payne
How popular is the name Payne?
Payne was the 8744th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 2000, when it ranked 1149th with 121 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,287 places. More babies were named Payne in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Payne a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 7% girls, 93% boys given the name Payne in the US.