Clayton
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #11,169 · #300 for boys in 2025, 1,130 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1997 · 2,319 births
- Debut · boys
- 60 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 139,344since 1880
Clayton over time
Rank among boys' names. Clayton has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | — | #300 | 1,130 | |
| 2024 | — | #318 | 1,083 | |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 | #310 | 1,067 |
| 2022 | — | #286 | 1,200 | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | #279 | 1,237 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #289 | 1,172 |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 | #273 | 1,308 |
| 2018 | — | #254 | 1,451 | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #250 | 1,493 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #266 | 1,376 |
| 2015 | — | #248 | 1,479 | |
| 2014 | — | #271 | 1,365 | |
| 2013 | — | #258 | 1,387 | |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | #261 | 1,367 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #257 | 1,345 |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #251 | 1,361 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #272 | 1,264 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 | #234 | 1,577 |
| 2007 | — | #247 | 1,446 | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #226 | 1,595 |
| 2005 | — | #215 | 1,662 | |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 | #198 | 1,923 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #183 | 2,130 |
| 2002 | — | #178 | 2,160 | |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | #162 | 2,351 |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 | #151 | 2,564 |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | #157 | 2,343 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #150 | 2,267 |
| 1997 | — | #147 | 2,319 | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #149 | 2,339 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #151 | 2,361 |
| 1994 | — | #149 | 2,371 | |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #159 | 2,031 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #168 | 1,909 |
| 1991 | — | #172 | 1,847 | |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | #153 | 2,029 |
| 1989 | #5,049 | 17 | #154 | 1,962 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | #147 | 1,890 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | #153 | 1,815 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | #161 | 1,672 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #157 | 1,718 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 | #150 | 1,818 |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 | #158 | 1,729 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 | #161 | 1,705 |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | #185 | 1,349 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #194 | 1,275 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | #199 | 1,208 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #203 | 1,083 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | #197 | 1,165 |
| 1976 | — | #187 | 1,185 | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #193 | 1,177 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | #203 | 1,092 |
| 1973 | — | #199 | 1,106 | |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 | #230 | 933 |
| 1971 | — | #239 | 967 | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #264 | 834 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #260 | 799 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #264 | 757 |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 | #266 | 746 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | #260 | 775 |
| 1965 | — | #251 | 882 | |
| 1964 | — | #251 | 933 | |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | #234 | 1,023 |
| 1962 | — | #250 | 971 | |
| 1961 | — | #231 | 1,165 | |
| 1960 | — | #222 | 1,245 | |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 | #238 | 1,134 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 | #232 | 1,127 |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #243 | 1,019 |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | #234 | 962 |
| 1955 | — | #234 | 925 | |
| 1954 | — | #239 | 843 | |
| 1953 | — | #230 | 871 | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #228 | 859 |
| 1951 | — | #232 | 815 | |
| 1950 | — | #241 | 754 | |
| 1949 | — | #236 | 749 | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #238 | 721 |
| 1947 | — | #225 | 812 | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #221 | 752 |
| 1945 | — | #218 | 638 | |
| 1944 | — | #212 | 657 | |
| 1943 | — | #206 | 767 | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #213 | 698 |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #205 | 662 |
| 1940 | — | #212 | 603 | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #197 | 632 |
| 1938 | — | #199 | 640 | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #188 | 701 |
| 1936 | — | #185 | 706 | |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 | #187 | 700 |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #183 | 717 |
| 1933 | — | #188 | 655 | |
| 1932 | #2,831 | 10 | #175 | 787 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | #168 | 831 |
| 1930 | #2,425 | 13 | #178 | 802 |
| 1929 | #3,394 | 8 | #166 | 855 |
| 1928 | #2,381 | 14 | #173 | 833 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | #163 | 919 |
| 1926 | #2,351 | 15 | #161 | 956 |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | #162 | 932 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #153 | 1,039 |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #158 | 989 |
| 1922 | — | #160 | 979 | |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 | #158 | 951 |
| 1920 | #2,899 | 11 | #153 | 961 |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | #149 | 901 |
| 1918 | — | #157 | 877 | |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 | #166 | 759 |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 | #158 | 753 |
| 1915 | — | #165 | 699 | |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #158 | 563 |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #181 | 381 |
| 1912 | — | #169 | 346 | |
| 1911 | — | #165 | 203 | |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | #177 | 159 |
| 1909 | — | #176 | 137 | |
| 1908 | — | #170 | 134 | |
| 1907 | — | #192 | 108 | |
| 1906 | — | #180 | 100 | |
| 1905 | — | #174 | 110 | |
| 1904 | — | #187 | 96 | |
| 1903 | — | #189 | 85 | |
| 1902 | — | #175 | 97 | |
| 1901 | — | #197 | 72 | |
| 1900 | — | #176 | 118 | |
| 1899 | — | #213 | 61 | |
| 1898 | — | #179 | 87 | |
| 1897 | — | #196 | 75 | |
| 1896 | — | #160 | 102 | |
| 1895 | — | #182 | 86 | |
| 1894 | — | #211 | 63 | |
| 1893 | — | #186 | 78 | |
| 1892 | — | #228 | 59 | |
| 1891 | — | #194 | 64 | |
| 1890 | — | #176 | 77 | |
| 1889 | — | #176 | 76 | |
| 1888 | — | #221 | 63 | |
| 1887 | — | #172 | 74 | |
| 1886 | — | #182 | 73 | |
| 1885 | — | #192 | 68 | |
| 1884 | — | #193 | 69 | |
| 1883 | — | #199 | 58 | |
| 1882 | — | #210 | 60 | |
| 1881 | — | #211 | 52 | |
| 1880 | — | #200 | 60 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Clayton was already there! It came in at #200, and was given to 60 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1894, when fewer than 79 boys a year got the name.
Where Clayton is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#92 · 1 in 450
- Kansas#104 · 1 in 568
- Oklahoma#105 · 1 in 548
- Idaho#108 · 1 in 545
- Nebraska#110 · 1 in 686
Best ever in a state: #42 in Maine, 1926.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #92 | 34 | 1 in 450 |
| Kansas | #104 | 32 | 1 in 568 |
| Oklahoma | #105 | 43 | 1 in 548 |
| Idaho | #108 | 15 | 1 in 545 |
| Nebraska | #110 | 18 | 1 in 686 |
| Wyoming | #114 | 7 | 1 in 575 |
| Indiana | #127 | 42 | 1 in 955 |
| Washington | #132 | 36 | 1 in 882 |
| Colorado | #135 | 28 | 1 in 851 |
| Utah | #135 | 23 | 1 in 827 |
| Mississippi | #141 | 25 | 1 in 770 |
| Nevada | #141 | 7 | 1 in 810 |
| Rhode Island | #141 | 5 | 1 in 1,142 |
| Missouri | #143 | 35 | 1 in 1,046 |
| Iowa | #146 | 19 | 1 in 1,148 |
| Arizona | #147 | 31 | 1 in 747 |
| Minnesota | #147 | 25 | 1 in 1,314 |
| Tennessee | #148 | 35 | 1 in 925 |
| Texas | #148 | 183 | 1 in 753 |
| Alaska | #149 | 5 | 1 in 803 |
| Kentucky | #150 | 25 | 1 in 1,082 |
| Oregon | #150 | 20 | 1 in 1,004 |
| West Virginia | #151 | 10 | 1 in 1,293 |
| South Carolina | #161 | 23 | 1 in 918 |
| Ohio | #164 | 56 | 1 in 1,440 |
| North Carolina | #165 | 34 | 1 in 1,113 |
| Montana | #167 | 5 | 1 in 1,162 |
| Georgia | #175 | 37 | 1 in 1,088 |
| Florida | #176 | 59 | 1 in 1,067 |
| Alabama | #184 | 23 | 1 in 1,145 |
| New Mexico | #185 | 12 | 1 in 929 |
| Hawaii | #186 | 8 | 1 in 853 |
| Virginia | #186 | 26 | 1 in 1,329 |
| Louisiana | #197 | 34 | 1 in 1,078 |
| District of Columbia | #211 | 7 | 1 in 1,136 |
| Wisconsin | #216 | 14 | 1 in 2,474 |
| Michigan | #217 | 32 | 1 in 2,050 |
| Pennsylvania | #217 | 36 | 1 in 2,150 |
| Illinois | #224 | 53 | 1 in 1,597 |
| Maryland | #226 | 14 | 1 in 1,727 |
| California | #249 | 116 | 1 in 1,732 |
| Connecticut | #252 | 7 | 1 in 2,546 |
| Massachusetts | #356 | 6 | 1 in 5,959 |
| New York | #443 | 22 | 1 in 5,161 |
| New Jersey | #501 | 6 | 1 in 7,076 |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Clayton
- 18 spots since 2024 (#318 → #300)
- 11 spots since 2020 (#289 → #300)
- 52 spots since 2015 (#248 → #300)
- Biggest jump: 45 spots in 1889 (#221 → #176)
- Biggest drop: 49 spots in 1888 (#172 → #221)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1997 at #147 (2,319 births)
- Births halved by 2023, 26 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 766 boys born in 2000 were named Clayton (0.13%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,512 boys born in 2025 (0.07%)
- Its best rank, #147 in 1997, was only 1 in 813 (0.12%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 15.7% of all boys named Clayton (21,816) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 653 | #172 (1887) | #196 |
| 1890s | 752 | #160 (1896) | #193 |
| 1900s | 1,057 | #170 (1908) | #182 |
| 1910s | 5,641 | #149 (1919) | #165 |
| 1920s | 9,414 | #153 (1924) | #161 |
| 1930s | 7,171 | #168 (1931) | #185 |
| 1940s | 7,059 | #205 (1941) | #219 |
| 1950s | 9,309 | #228 (1952) | #235 |
| 1960s | 9,296 | #222 (1960) | #249 |
| 1970s | 10,750 | #187 (1976) | #211 |
| 1980s | 16,933 | #147 (1988) | #162 |
| 1990s | 21,816 | #147 (1997) | #156 |
| 2000s | 18,672 | #151 (2000) | #207 |
| 2010s | 13,932 | #248 (2015) | #259 |
| 2020s | 6,889 | #279 (2021) | #297 |
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.
Clayton in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 166,806 of them was named Clayton, which outranked 48.2% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,885Zandria11
- #5,885Zella11
- #5,885Zita11
- #6,323Clayton10
- #6,323Abeer10
- #6,323Abena10
- #6,323Adalia10
- #6,804Abeni9
- #6,804Adeola9
- #6,804Aidan9
Tied with 480 names at #6,323; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 1,328 of them was named Clayton, which outranked 97.5% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.