Boys' name · since 1911
Clayborne
Clayborne has 275 recorded births since 1911 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1934 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,118 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 275
- born since 1911
- 1930s
- peak decade
Clayborne sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 275 recorded since 1911.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Clayborne has been recorded 275 times among boys since 1911, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1930s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1911 to 2008.
- #11,118 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 275 born since 1911
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Clayborne ranks #11,118 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 275 born since 1911, peaking in the 1930s.
- #11,118 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 275
- born since 1911
- 1930s
- peak decade
Clayborne's 275 recorded births place it above 75.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Clayborne's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Clayborne's full recorded timeline at 1947, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1911, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1934 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Clayborne popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1911–2008
- Peak year (1934)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 98 years of records
Clayborne by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (54 births, 20% of the file).
1930s was Clayborne's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Clayborne births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
30 births
- 1920s
1920s
44 births
- 1930s
1930s
54 births
- 1940s
1940s
35 births
- 1950s
1950s
29 births
- 1960s
1960s
22 births
- 1970s 17
1970s
17 births
- 1980s 20
1980s
20 births
- 1990s 14
1990s
14 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 54 births (20% of all-time use).
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What to do with Clayborne's data
- Clayborne's decade-level peak was the 1930s (54 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1911–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Clayborne draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.