Clayton

Where Clayton comes from

From Middle English Claytone, Cleyton, from Old English clǣġ (“clay”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure, settlement; town”). Analyzable as clay + -ton.
— Wiktionary's entry for Clayton
  • 2 syllables
Clayton through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #200 among boys, with 60 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1959
    Clayton Anderson born
    American astronaut and engineer
  3. 1978
    Clayton Stanley born
    volleyball player
  4. 1997
    Peak, #147
    2,319 babies named Clayton, its best rank.
  5. 2023
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #310.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Clayton Anderson · American astronaut and engineer, born 1959
  • Clayton Stanley · volleyball player, born 1978
  • Clayton Kershaw · American professional baseball player, born 1988
  • Clayton Ince · Trinidad and Tobago footballer, born 1972
  • Clayton Lewis · New Zealand association football player, born 1997

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.