Recorded 1917–1939 Boys' name Peak 1917 85 births

Claborn — boys' name

85 babies named Claborn in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s181920s421930s25
1920s
Peak decade

49% of everyone ever named Claborn was born in this single decade.

1917
Single peak year

10 babies were named Claborn in 1917 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Claborn

The Social Security Administration has registered 85 babies named Claborn between 1917 and 1939, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Claborn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1939. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Claborn performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 42 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Claborn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Claborn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 85 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Claborn at a glance

Last recorded 1939

Total births

85

Since 1917

23 years of records

Peak year

1917

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1939

Active since

1917

Recorded for 23 years

Last year on file: 1939

Claborn popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1939–1917

Last recorded 1939
Peak year (1917)
10
Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
4681012 193919351934193219281925192419231922192119181917 10

Claborn by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
42 births that decade — 49% of Claborn's all-time total
1910s181920s421930s25

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Claborn?
85 babies have been named Claborn since 1917. It was last recorded in 1939. The peak year was 1917 with 10 births.
When was Claborn most popular?
Claborn was most popular in the 1920s decade with 42 total births. The single peak year was 1917.
How long has the name Claborn been used?
Claborn has been recorded in Social Security data since 1917, spanning 23 years of data through 1939.
What names are similar to Claborn?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Clarence, Clayton, Claude, Clark, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1917–1939 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.