Over the past 110 years, 21 500 boys and 53 274 girls have been named Payton. The name Payton ranks 697th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Payton in 1921. The peak of popularity of the name Payton came in the 1990s and 2000s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.