Boys' name · since 1987
Clayson
Since 1987, U.S. Social Security records show 227 babies named Clayson, peaking in 2021. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #12,197 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,076 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 227
- born since 1987
- 2010s
- peak decade
227 babies have been named Clayson since 1987, making it today's #11076 boys' name.
Clayson has 227 recorded births among boys since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11076 as of the latest data, more common than 20% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2025.
- #12,197 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,076 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 227 born since 1987
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Clayson ranks #12,197 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,076 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 227 born since 1987, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,197 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,076 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 227
- born since 1987
- 2010s
- peak decade
Clayson's 227 recorded births place it above 73.12% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Clayson compares
227 40th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Clayson's all-time total is 38% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Clayson | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 227 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 34 | 22,252 |
Clayson's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Clayson's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1990, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Clayson popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Clayson by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (78 births, 34% of the file).
2010s was Clayson's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Clayson births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
- 2000s
2000s
70 births
- 2010s
2010s
78 births
- 2020s
2020s
56 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 78 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Clayson's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (78 total births) through the 2020s (56) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar record span (~38 yrs)
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, 1987–2025 (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 Clayson 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.