How Many People Are Named Payam?
An estimated 186 people in the United States have the first name Payam. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 38 years old, and Payam peaked in popularity in 1990 with 19 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Payam 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 Payam paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
186
About 1 in 1,842,765 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
38
years old
Peak Year
1990
19 births
Total Registered
193
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Payam
Payam is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 193 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Payam as a male name
Ranked #11,851 in 2001
5 male births in 2001
Peak: 1990 (19 births)
Payam: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Payam span from the 1970s to the 2000s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 89 babies were registered. Payam has declined significantly from its peak in the 1980s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Payam by Decade
How has Payam 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.
Payam by State
Payam + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Payam as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Payam
Other first names starting with P with a similar number of bearers.
Payam: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Payam?
We estimate approximately 186 people named Payam 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 1,842,765 Americans share this first name.
Is Payam a common name?
Payam is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 73.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 193 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Payam most popular?
Payam reached peak popularity in 1990, when 19 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Payam is approximately 38 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Payam a male name?
Payam is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Payam Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Payam Smith, Payam Johnson, Payam 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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