Paysen
#12,860 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Paysen has been given to 299 babies in the U.S. since 2005. In 2025 it ranked #12,860 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2012, with 35 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 68% girls, 32% boys all-time.
Babies named Paysen, 2025
1 in 474,000
Paysen over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Paysen over time
In 2025, Paysen went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Paysen?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 474,000
- 7 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 230,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #12,860
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 328,272 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Paysen sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Paysen. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Paysens were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Paysen was born before 2014 — so the typical Paysen is around 11 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 78.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 100.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 203
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 78.8% of all recorded uses (160).
Is Paysen rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- +1,995
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +1,828
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −4,038
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.54×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 20.0%
- Peak was 2012 (35)
- Years since peak
- 13
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 36.3% average annual change
Spellings of Paysen
Paysen is not the most common spelling — Payton is, with 35.1% against Paysen's 0.12%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Paysen by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Paysen
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Paysen
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.