Klayton — #1878 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Klayton

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,926 babies named Klayton between 1958 and 2024, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Klayton currently holds the #1878 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 125 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Klayton performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 998 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Klayton shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 288 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Klayton in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Klayton 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 2,926 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.