Payam is a very rare boys' name that was most common in the 1990s and has all but disappeared.
Payam is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2001. Payam was first reported in SSA data in 1977 and peaked in 1990 (19 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5 | 5 | #11,852 |
| 2000 | 6 | 6 | #10,008 |
| 1999 | 5 | 5 | #11,159 |
| 1998 | 5 | 5 | #10,865 |
| 1995 | 8 | — | #6,823 |
| 1994 | 9 | — | #6,216 |
| 1993 | 7 | — | #7,409 |
| 1992 | 8 | — | #6,534 |
| 1991 | 10 | — | #5,404 |
| 1990 | 19 | — | #3,274 |
| 1989 | 14 | — | #3,964 |
| 1988 | 14 | — | #3,657 |
| 1987 | 9 | — | #4,858 |
| 1986 | 8 | — | #5,208 |
| 1985 | 6 | — | #6,313 |
| 1984 | 10 | — | #4,132 |
| 1983 | 6 | — | #6,031 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | #7,091 |
| 1981 | 8 | — | #4,839 |
| 1980 | 9 | — | #4,403 |
| 1979 | 12 | — | #3,511 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | #6,518 |
| 1977 | 5 | — | #6,587 |