Clayton — #317 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Clayton

The Social Security Administration has registered 138,209 babies named Clayton between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Clayton currently holds the #317 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 2,564 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Clayton performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 21,815 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Clayton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 12,403 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Clayton in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Clayton 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 138,209 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.