Clayburn — boys' name
240 babies named Clayburn in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1941. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
24% of everyone ever named Clayburn was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Clayburn in 1941 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Clayburn
The Social Security Administration has registered 240 babies named Clayburn between 1913 and 1983, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Clayburn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1941, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Clayburn performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 58 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Clayburn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Clayburn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Clayburn 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 240 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.
Clayburn at a glance
Last recorded 1983Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Clayburn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1913
- Peak year (1941)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 71 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1983.
240 total births across 71 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1941 with 13 births in a single year.
Clayburn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 58 births that decade — 24% of Clayburn's all-time total
Clayburn decade highlights
- Peak decade 58 births
- Runner-up 43 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Clayburn's strongest decade
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Clayburn by state
Where Clayburn concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alabama | | 5 | 2.1% |
5 of 240 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Alabama 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Alabama accounts for 2.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1913–1983 (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.