Clayborn — boys' name

What the Data Says About Clayborn

The Social Security Administration has registered 736 babies named Clayborn between 1909 and 2015, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Clayborn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Clayborn performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 114 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Clayborn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Arkansas, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Clayborn in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Clayborn 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 736 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.