Claiborne
- Last seen for girls in 2016 at #16,215
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
- Given to boys 97.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1889 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,210since 1889
Claiborne over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Claiborne has never cracked the top 900 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #12,349 | 5 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #10,799 | 6 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #8,816 | 8 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | — | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | #8,864 | 8 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #12,231 | 5 | |
| 2009 | — | #12,491 | 5 | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | #12,367 | 5 | |
| 2006 | — | #10,662 | 6 | |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | — | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | #7,831 | 8 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,055 | 9 | |
| 2001 | — | #9,243 | 6 | |
| 2000 | — | #7,416 | 8 | |
| 1999 | — | #6,042 | 10 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,840 | 10 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,618 | 8 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,187 | 11 | |
| 1995 | — | #6,992 | 7 | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #4,537 | 13 |
| 1993 | — | #6,816 | 7 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,236 | 10 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1990 | — | #5,823 | 8 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,271 | 12 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,751 | 7 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,573 | 9 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,653 | 12 | |
| 1985 | — | #5,147 | 7 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | #5,484 | 6 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,003 | 7 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,153 | 9 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,068 | 9 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,157 | 8 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,582 | 7 | |
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,558 | 9 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,013 | 11 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,622 | 8 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,370 | 9 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,282 | 9 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,595 | 7 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,907 | 9 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,231 | 7 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,327 | 12 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,982 | 8 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,282 | 7 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,044 | 16 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,673 | 10 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,538 | 11 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,685 | 10 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,759 | 21 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,265 | 13 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,375 | 12 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,361 | 12 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,048 | 15 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,762 | 19 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,143 | 7 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,856 | 17 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,774 | 18 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,770 | 8 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,337 | 11 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,943 | 15 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,696 | 20 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,813 | 16 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,852 | 14 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,195 | 11 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,182 | 12 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,358 | 26 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,083 | 12 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,983 | 13 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,050 | 12 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,741 | 16 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,828 | 15 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,723 | 16 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,708 | 17 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,551 | 20 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,214 | 11 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,638 | 9 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,328 | 11 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,293 | 12 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,523 | 23 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,611 | 22 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,603 | 23 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,661 | 21 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,628 | 22 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,577 | 24 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,950 | 9 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,240 | 14 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,376 | 13 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,592 | 23 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,531 | 23 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,373 | 27 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,188 | 13 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,594 | 20 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,707 | 17 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,101 | 10 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,676 | 11 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,527 | 11 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | #1,083 | 8 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,345 | 5 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1889
The first year at least five boys were named Claiborne! It came in at #974, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1908, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Claiborne is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Claiborne in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Claiborne
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1889 at #974 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1890, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1889
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,500
- Highest: 1 in 20,500 boys born in 1909 were named Claiborne (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 344,578 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #974 in 1889, was only 1 in 22,116 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 16.0% of all boys named Claiborne (194) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #974 (1889) | #974 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,121 (1898) | #1,121 |
| 1900s | 23 | #1,083 (1909) | #1,233 |
| 1910s | 132 | #1,373 (1918) | #1,712 |
| 1920s | 194 | #1,523 (1929) | #1,876 |
| 1930s | 139 | #1,551 (1934) | #2,007 |
| 1940s | 150 | #1,358 (1942) | #1,944 |
| 1950s | 142 | #1,759 (1959) | #2,211 |
| 1960s | 97 | #2,044 (1963) | #2,826 |
| 1970s | 76 | #3,013 (1973) | #3,828 |
| 1980s | 84 | #3,653 (1986) | #4,750 |
| 1990s | 84 | #4,537 (1994) | #5,899 |
| 2000s | 47 | #7,055 (2002) | #9,581 |
| 2010s | 21 | #8,816 (2016) | #9,970 |
| 2020s | 11 | #10,799 (2021) | #11,574 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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