Clayton
Clayton is ranked 317th among boys in 2024 (1,081 births). Its best rank was 147th, in 1988, 1997.
- Rank in 2024
- #317down 7 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,0810.06% of boys
- Peak year
- 20002,564 births
- Best rank
- #147first in 1988
- Since 1880
- 138,209people given the name
The story in the numbers
138,209 boys have been named Clayton in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2000, with 2,564 births — 0.13% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 271 → 317).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1985, and the 1990s alone account for 16%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Clayton | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 653 | |
| 1890s | 752 | |
| 1900s | 1,057 | |
| 1910s | 5,641 | |
| 1920s | 9,414 | |
| 1930s | 7,171 | |
| 1940s | 7,060 | |
| 1950s | 9,308 | |
| 1960s | 9,298 | |
| 1970s | 10,750 | |
| 1980s | 16,934 | |
| 1990s | 21,815 | |
| 2000s | 18,671 | |
| 2010s | 13,930 | |
| 2020s | 5,755 |
In 2000, its biggest year
Clayton was the 151st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2000 were Jacob, Michael, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. See all of 2000.
Names that rose and fell with Clayton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Manuelpeak 2005
- Tomaspeak 2003
- Victorpeak 1990
- Gregoriopeak 1993
- Caesarpeak 2015
- Pedropeak 2000
- Ignaciopeak 2006
- Wesleypeak 2024
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.