Masculine dossier · first seen 1986

Payden

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Payden
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 2008

Peak era

2008

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1986Peak 20082024

Peak year

2008

Decline from peak

81.3%

2024

All-time

1,332

Payden is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 2008, when 75 boys were named Payden.

In 2024, only 14 boys were given the name.

Down 81.3% from its peak.

All told, about 1,332 Americans have been named Payden and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1986.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryGradual decline from 2008

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