Boys' name · since 1967
Clayt
20 babies named Clayt in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1967. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #28,967 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 20
- born since 1967
- 1960s
- peak decade
20 boys have been named Clayt since 1967, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Clayt has been recorded 20 times among boys since 1967, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 1968.
- #28,967 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 20 born since 1967
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Clayt ranks #28,967 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 20 born since 1967, peaking in the 1960s.
- #28,967 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 20
- born since 1967
- 1960s
- peak decade
Clayt's 20 recorded births place it above 35.65% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Clayt's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Clayt's full recorded timeline at 1968, 35% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 65% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1968, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1967 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Clayt popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–1968
- Peak year (1967)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Clayt by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (20 births, 100% of the file).
1960s was Clayt's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Clayt births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 20 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Clayt: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1967)
Similar record span (~1 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, 1967–1968 (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 Clayt 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.