Peytan
A feminine name possibly derived from Peyton, of English origin, meaning "estate town".
Name Census estimates that about 284 living Americans carry the first name Peytan. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Peytan today is around 17 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Peytan births was 2011 (28 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Peytan. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
284
~ 1 in 1,206,881 Americans
Peak year
2011
28 babies that year
Average age
17
years old
2020 SSA rank
#16,935
Tracked since 1998
Popularity
Peytan: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Peytan from the 1990s through to the 2020s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 138 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 2000s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Peytan by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Peytan during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Peytan
The name Peytan is believed to have originated from the Old English word "pæc", which meant "path" or "track". It was a common name among the Anglo-Saxons, particularly in the regions of what is now southern England and parts of Scotland.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Peytan can be found in the Domesday Book, a comprehensive record of landowners and tenants in England commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1086. It mentions a landowner named Peytan of Wiltshire.
During the Middle Ages, the name Peytan was relatively popular among the English nobility and gentry. Notable individuals bearing this name include Sir Peytan Devereux (c. 1285-1349), a Welsh knight and landowner who fought in the Wars of Scottish Independence.
In the 16th century, Peytan Plowman (c. 1500-1570) was a prominent English yeoman farmer and author of a collection of agricultural treatises that were widely read and influential in their time.
The name Peytan also found its way into religious circles, with Peytan Ridley (1503-1555) being a prominent English Protestant martyr who was burned at the stake during the Marian Persecutions.
As the centuries passed, the name Peytan became less common, but it was still used occasionally. One notable bearer was Peytan Wyndham (1737-1819), a British politician and landowner who served as a Member of Parliament for several decades.
Interestingly, the name Peytan has also been associated with various artistic and literary works throughout history. For instance, there is a character named Peytan in the 19th-century novel "The Peasant and the Prince" by Harriet Martineau.
People
Peytan + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Peytan as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with P
Other first names starting with P with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Peytan: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Peytan?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 284 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Peytan going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,206,881 US residents.
Is Peytan a common name?
We classify Peytan as "Very Rare". It ranks above 78.6% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 287 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Peytan most popular?
The single biggest year for Peytan was 2011, when 28 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Peytan is about 17 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
Is Peytan a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Peytan in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.