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Payten

Payten is a unisex given name: about 17% of people named Payten are men and 83% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleMedium
Male 17%Female 83%
Verdict
Mostly female
Male / female split
17% male / 83% female
Confidence
Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
600 male / 3,017 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Payten

To address Payten when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Payten," in English, "Guten Tag Payten," in German. About 17% of people named Payten are men and 83% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Payten,

German

Guten Tag Payten,

French

Bonjour Payten,

Spanish

Estimado/a Payten:

Chinese

Payten您好：

Japanese

Payten様

English

Hi Payten,

German

Hi Payten,

French

Salut Payten,

Spanish

Hola Payten,

Chinese

Payten你好：

Japanese

Paytenさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Payten by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statesuncommonwoman's name17%

United States birth data

600 male · 3,017 female · 3,617 births recorded

Male 17%Female 83%

Since 1980: 17% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Payten a male or female name?

Payten is a unisex given name: about 17% of people named Payten are men and 83% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Payten in an email?

To address Payten when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Payten," in English, "Guten Tag Payten," in German. About 17% of people named Payten are men and 83% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Payten a unisex name?

Payten is not a unisex name: 17% of people named Payten are men. Payten leans strongly female overall.

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Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Payten a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/payten (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_payten,
  title  = {Is Payten a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/payten},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}