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How popular is “Peyton” in the USA?

Number of people named “Peyton” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Peyton” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Peyton” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Peyton” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Peyton” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Peyton” by birth year

This chart shows how “Peyton” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1884 5 0.000020537 5 -100%
1887 7 0.000028295 7 -100%
1890 6 0.000019907 6 -100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 -100%
1892 8 0.000023925 8 -100%
1893 7 0.000021524 7 -100%
1895 6 0.000017093 6 -100%
1898 7 0.000018351 7 -100%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 -100%
1907 6 0.000012892 6 -100%
1911 9 0.000013969 9 -100%
1912 8 0.000008097 8 -100%
1913 14 0.000012312 14 -100%
1914 24 0.000016945 24 -100%
1915 23 0.000012552 23 -100%
1916 15 0.000007754 15 -100%
1917 19 0.000009468 19 -100%
1918 31 0.000014278 31 -100%
1919 27 0.000012795 27 -100%
1920 24 0.000010607 24 -100%
1921 32 0.000013707 32 -100%
1922 19 0.0000083 19 -100%
1923 25 0.000010858 25 -100%
1924 19 0.000007978 19 -100%
1925 26 0.000011143 26 -100%
1926 20 0.000008711 20 -100%
1927 25 0.000010779 25 -100%
1928 11 0.000004865 11 -100%
1929 17 0.000007755 17 -100%
1930 18 0.000008096 18 -100%
1931 17 0.000008078 17 -100%
1932 15 0.000007105 15 -100%
1933 17 0.000008502 17 -100%
1934 11 0.000005297 11 -100%
1935 21 0.000010048 21 -100%
1936 17 0.000008183 17 -100%
1937 18 0.000008448 18 -100%
1938 26 0.000011751 26 -100%
1939 20 0.000009077 20 -100%
1940 20 0.000008686 20 -100%
1941 26 0.000010671 26 -100%
1942 16 0.000005857 16 -100%
1943 21 0.00000744 21 -100%
1944 23 0.00000855 23 -100%
1945 16 0.000006031 16 -100%
1946 22 0.000006885 22 -100%
1947 23 0.000006385 23 -100%
1948 23 0.000006662 23 -100%
1949 25 0.000007174 25 -100%
1950 18 0.000005138 18 -100%
1951 27 0.00000733 27 -100%
1952 20 0.000005266 20 -100%
1953 19 0.00000493 19 -100%
1954 19 0.000004773 19 -100%
1955 22 0.000005479 22 -100%
1956 23 0.000005578 23 -100%
1957 26 0.000006187 5 21 -62%
1958 20 0.000004838 20 -100%
1959 20 0.00000481 20 -100%
1960 23 0.000005537 23 -100%
1961 24 0.000005794 7 17 -42%
1962 35 0.000008673 7 28 -60%
1963 28 0.000007074 6 22 -57%
1964 37 0.000009517 10 27 -46%
1965 36 0.00000993 8 28 -56%
1966 45 0.000012947 28 17 24%
1967 45 0.000013255 23 22 2%
1968 39 0.000011544 15 24 -23%
1969 41 0.000011797 14 27 -32%
1970 47 0.000013032 24 23 2%
1971 37 0.00001078 8 29 -57%
1972 39 0.000012409 16 23 -18%
1973 47 0.000015579 13 34 -45%
1974 69 0.000022697 19 50 -45%
1975 65 0.000021527 19 46 -42%
1976 47 0.00001549 17 30 -28%
1977 39 0.000012278 12 27 -38%
1978 53 0.000016699 14 39 -47%
1979 53 0.00001593 19 34 -28%
1980 41 0.000011903 17 24 -17%
1981 50 0.000014453 18 32 -28%
1982 55 0.000015679 19 36 -31%
1983 62 0.000017902 18 44 -42%
1984 75 0.000021498 25 50 -33%
1985 79 0.000022134 22 57 -44%
1986 107 0.000030081 32 75 -40%
1987 109 0.000030231 29 80 -47%
1988 122 0.000033017 42 80 -31%
1989 142 0.000036936 35 107 -51%
1990 182 0.000046047 61 121 -33%
1991 192 0.000049291 67 125 -30%
1992 585 0.000152293 398 187 36%
1993 859 0.000227835 617 242 44%
1994 942 0.000253386 585 357 24%
1995 1041 0.000284259 588 453 13%
1996 1876 0.000514368 1104 772 18%
1997 2424 0.000668552 1303 1121 8%
1998 2868 0.000779728 1417 1451 -1%
1999 2738 0.000741229 1356 1382 -1%
2000 3968 0.001049762 1967 2001 -1%
2001 3999 0.001068283 1885 2114 -6%
2002 3466 0.000927162 1702 1764 -2%
2003 3468 0.000912075 1700 1768 -2%
2004 4878 0.001276655 2394 2484 -2%
2005 5305 0.00137977 2462 2843 -7%
2006 5223 0.00132021 2537 2686 -3%
2007 6149 0.001538141 2774 3375 -10%
2008 7961 0.002025357 4737 3224 19%
2009 8027 0.002101213 5317 2710 32%
2010 7618 0.002061293 4971 2647 31%
2011 6977 0.001907435 4678 2299 34%
2012 6552 0.001791453 4477 2075 37%
2013 6426 0.00176264 4579 1847 43%
2014 6294 0.001698155 4453 1841 41%
2015 5289 0.001429107 3906 1383 48%
2016 4757 0.001296645 3510 1247 48%
2017 4257 0.001190371 3258 999 53%
2018 3707 0.001054354 2910 797 57%
2019 3564 0.001026813 2867 697 61%
2020 3417 0.001022877 2730 687 60%
2021 3329 0.0009826 2695 634 62%
2022 2874 0.000849508 2319 555 61%
2023 2425 0.000732364 1958 467 61%
2024 2229 0.000669671 1812 417 63%

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