Claiborne — #12339 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Claiborne

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,210 babies named Claiborne between 1889 and 2024, spanning 136 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Claiborne currently holds the #12339 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Claiborne performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 194 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Claiborne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 95 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Virginia and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Claiborne in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Claiborne 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 1,210 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.