Baby name
RISING
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Payton
/PAY · ton/
Meaning
“Unknown”
English surname turned given name, from Old English meaning 'Pæga's settlement'; used across genders in the US, gaining momentum in the 1990s partly through football associations.
Nicknames
pay
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Peaked in the 2000s; the Payton spelling skews slightly feminine in the US trend data.
The cultural moment.
Rising in the US from the 1990s; the Payton variant favored for girls, Peyton for boys and girls.