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.
49% of everyone ever named Claborn was born in this single decade.
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 1939Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Claborn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1939–1917
- Peak year (1917)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1939.
85 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1917 with 10 births in a single year.
Claborn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 42 births that decade — 49% of Claborn's all-time total
Claborn decade highlights
- Peak decade 42 births
- Runner-up 25 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Claborn's strongest decade
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
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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.