Claiborn — boys' name
21 babies named Claiborn in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 1935. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
21 boys have been named Claiborn since 1920, peaking in the 1920s, last recorded in 1946.
- 21
- total births
- 1920–1946
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 48%
- born in that decade
48% of everyone ever named Claiborn was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Claiborn in 1935 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Claiborn
The Social Security Administration has registered 21 babies named Claiborn between 1920 and 1946, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Claiborn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1946. The name reached its historical peak in 1935, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Claiborn performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Claiborn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Claiborn 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 21 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.
Claiborn at a glance
Last recorded 1946Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Claiborn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–1920
- Peak year (1935)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1946.
21 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1935 with 6 births in a single year.
Claiborn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 10 births that decade — 48% of Claiborn's all-time total
Claiborn decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Claiborn's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% 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, 1920–1946 (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.