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Payne
OriginEnglish or Mapuche
Meaning"villager, country-dweller; blue"
GenderBoy & girl
US rank · girls#16673
2025 SSA
US rank · boys#8744
2025 SSA
About Payne
The y helps a bit, but still a painful image.
Payne is also given to girls, where it ranks #16673 in the US.
Pronounced PAYN.
As of October 2026, Payne ranked #16673 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #14940 in 2002.
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #4,660 | 21 | 10.9 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | #4,074 | 26 | 14 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | #4,761 | 21 | 11.7 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Famous Paynes
- Payne StewartBoy
American golfer
- Payne FisherBoy
English poet
- Payne WhitneyBoy
American philanthropist
- Dolley Payne MadisonBoy
wife of U.S. President James Madison
- Liam James PayneBoy
English singer, member of boy band One Direction
Payne in pop culture
- PayneBoy
rebel in "Young Man of Talent" (1959) by George Turner
- Benson Winifred PayneBoy
main character in film "Major Payne"
- PayneBoy
family name on TV series "Tyler Perry's House of Payne"
Variations & nicknames
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