Paeton
The Story of Paeton
As a girl name
Paeton first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1993, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2008: 38 births, good for #4,089 nationwide. About 46% of every Paeton on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Paeton last appeared in the published SSA data in 2020, with 9 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 441 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Paeton first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 2001, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2010: 12 births, good for #6,697 nationwide. About 53% of every Paeton on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Paeton last appeared in the published SSA data in 2015, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 86 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Paeton
Paeton is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1993 and has accumulated 441 births in the dataset. Paeton's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #4,089. Use the chart and map above to compare Paeton's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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