How Many People Are Named Payal?
An estimated 644 people in the United States have the first name Payal. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 35 years old, and Payal peaked in popularity in 1981 with 34 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Payal 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 Payal paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
644
About 1 in 532,227 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
35
years old
Peak Year
1981
34 births
Total Registered
674
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Payal
Payal is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 674 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Payal as a female name
Ranked #18,477 in 2015
5 female births in 2015
Peak: 1981 (34 births)
Payal: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Payal span from the 1970s to the 2010s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 271 babies were registered. Payal has declined significantly from its peak in the 1980s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Payal by Decade
How has Payal 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.
Payal by State
Birth registrations for Payal span all 6 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in New Jersey, California, Illinois. The lowest are in Texas, Pennsylvania, New York. On average, about 41 Payals were registered per state.
Payal + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Payal as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Payal
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Payal: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Payal?
We estimate approximately 644 people named Payal 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 532,227 Americans share this first name.
Is Payal a common name?
Payal is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 86.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 674 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Payal most popular?
Payal reached peak popularity in 1981, when 34 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Payal is approximately 35 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Payal a female name?
Payal is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Payal Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Payal Smith, Payal Johnson, Payal 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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