Payson

Boy · recorded 1917–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 1.3 to 1)

  • #3,240in 2025
  • 1 in 47,446boys in 2025
  • −48%last ten years

Most popular in 2015.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1917

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 41 recorded years as a table
Payson, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19175
19285
19295
19327
19602
19823
19914
19924
19938
19945
19957
19966
19974
199813
199913
200016
200119
200220
200314
200419
200522
200613
200724
200818
200936
201031
201127
201232
201330
201439
201541
201637
201732
201831
201926
202030
202129
202222
202327
202429
202521

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Payson isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
36
Rank in 2025
#3,240
How rare
1 in 47,446 boys
Since 1917
1,443

Most popular in 2015, at 41 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 48% per million boys born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.