Name → State Lookup

Enter any baby name to see which US states have the most births of that name. Reverse lookup tool built on 2,335,053 rows of SSA state-level data 1910–2025.

Top States for Payton (girls)

52,624 all-time US births Peaked 2009 with 3,646 births (rank #84)

4,086 births · 7.8%

3,304 births · 6.3%

2,885 births · 5.5%

2,394 births · 4.5%

2,370 births · 4.5%

2,299 births · 4.4%

2,140 births · 4.1%

1,922 births · 3.7%

1,827 births · 3.5%

1,795 births · 3.4%

1,584 births · 3%

1,420 births · 2.7%

1,345 births · 2.6%

1,337 births · 2.5%

1,164 births · 2.2%

See cross-state distinctiveness atlas for each state's most-uniquely-owned name, or browse all 51 states.

How it works: Queries name_popularity_state (2,335,053 SSA state-level rows) for the entered name, summed across all years 1910–2025. Top 15 states by total births are returned. Names rare enough to fall under SSA's 5-occurrence privacy threshold may not appear at all. Source: US Social Security Administration · methodology.

Name → State Lookup

Top States for Payton (girls)

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