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 [ 2 syll. pay-ton, pa-yt-on ] The girl name Payton is also used as a boy name, though the use for girls is more popular. It is pronounced PEYTahN KEY. Payton's language of origin is Old English and it is predominantly used in English. Payton is a form of the English Peyton. Payton is a popular baby girl name, and it is also perceived as trendy. The name has been growing in popularity since the 1990s; prior to that, it was of only very modest use. Its usage peaked recently in 2008 with 0.173% of baby girls being named Payton. It had a ranking of #90 then. In 2008, among the family of girl names directly related to Payton, the English Peyton was the most regularly used. It was 31% more popular than Payton in that year. Although Payton is used more commonly as a girl name today, there was a period from 1986 to 1991 that it was more popular with boys. After 1992, increasingly the name became more popular with girls than with boys. There were 93% more girls than boys who were named Payton in 2007. Baby names that sound like Payton include the English names Peyton and Petunia. KEY: Pronunciation for Payton: P as in "pee (P.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
