Clanton

Peak · boys
1920 · 12 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
146
since 1914

Clanton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Clanton has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,459, 1920boys
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1936#3,5495
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1931#3,7635
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1925#4,1975
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1923#3,8226
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1921#3,5177
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1919#3,3917
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1917#3,5456
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First appearance
1914

The first year at least five boys were named Clanton! It came in at #2,915, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1922, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Clanton is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Clanton in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Clanton
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1962
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 1920 at #2,459 (12 births)
  • Births halved by 1922, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 88,696
  • Highest: 1 in 88,696 boys born in 1920 were named Clanton (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 258,597 boys born in 1962 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 34.2% of all boys named Clanton (50) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s38#2,915 (1914)#3,388
1920s50#2,459 (1920)#3,513
1930s27#3,252 (1935)#3,567
1940s18#2,872 (1941)#3,256
1950s5#3,798 (1953)#3,798
1960s8#3,041 (1962)#3,041

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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