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
Census
Peytan in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 298 people with the first name Peytan, which placed it at #29,601 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#29,601
National first-name rank
People counted
298
298 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
75.8% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Peytan
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Peytan is White at 75.8%. The next largest groups are Black (7.4%) and Hispanic (7.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Peytan described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Peytan at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White75.8% · 226
- Black or African American7.4% · 22
- Hispanic or Latino7.4% · 22
- Two or more races7.0% · 21
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.3% · 4
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.0% · 3
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.
How common was Peytan in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 298 people with the name Peytan, or 0.10 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #29,601 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Peytan in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Peytan?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Peytan leans strongly female. 264 people counted with this name were female (87.4%), compared with 38 male bearers (12.6%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Peytan?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Peytan is White at 75.8%. The next largest groups are Black (7.4%) and Hispanic (7.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Peytan most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Peytan in the 2020 Census, accounting for 75.8% (226 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Peytan in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
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.
Is Peytan still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Peytan in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Peytan can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
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.
How many people have Peytan as a first name?
For a quick modern take, check how many Americans are named Peytan on our sister site HowManyOfMe.org.