Peighton
Peighton was the 5666th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 22 babies. Its best year was 2010, when it ranked 1268th with 189 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,093 places. More babies were named Peighton in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,666 girls, down 3,044 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 22girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2010189 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,833babies recorded
Peighton popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 93 since 1998.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,666 | 22 |
| 2020 | #2,622 | 65 |
| 2010 | #1,268 | 189 |
| 2000 | #2,302 | 68 |
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How popular is Peighton, counting every spelling?
Peighton has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Peighton?
22 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Peighton (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Peighton 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 381 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Peighton.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Peighton?
About 2,700 people born in the US named Peighton are alive today, with a median age of 15; half are between 10 and 19. That makes Peighton 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.
Peighton by state
How common Peighton was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Peighton: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Peighton, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Peighton
How popular is the name Peighton?
Peighton was the 5666th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 22 babies. Its best year was 2010, when it ranked 1268th with 189 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,093 places. More babies were named Peighton in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Peighton a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Peighton in the US.
Where is Peighton most popular?
In 2021–2025, Peighton was most common in Texas (0.02 per 1,000 girls), followed by New York and Florida.