How Many People Are Named Paighton?
An estimated 368 people in the United States have the first name Paighton. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 17 years old, and Paighton peaked in popularity in 2016 with 26 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Paighton as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Paighton paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
368
About 1 in 931,398 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
17
years old
Peak Year
2016
26 births
Total Registered
373
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Paighton
Paighton is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 373 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Paighton as a female name
Ranked #10,915 in 2021
9 female births in 2021
Peak: 2016 (26 births)
Paighton: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Paighton span from the 1990s to the 2020s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 162 babies were registered. Paighton has declined significantly from its peak in the 2010s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Paighton by Decade
How has Paighton tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Paighton by State
Paighton + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Paighton as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Paighton
Other first names starting with P with a similar number of bearers.
Paighton: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Paighton?
We estimate approximately 368 people named Paighton are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 931,398 Americans share this first name.
Is Paighton a common name?
Paighton is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 81.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 373 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Paighton most popular?
Paighton reached peak popularity in 2016, when 26 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Paighton is approximately 17 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Paighton a female name?
Paighton is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Paighton Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Paighton Smith, Paighton Johnson, Paighton Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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