Klay
- #1,867 for boys in 2025, 84 births
- Peak · boys
- 2016 · 98 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,616since 1958
Klay over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Klay has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,867 | 84 |
| 2024 | #2,098 | 71 |
| 2023 | #1,701 | 99 |
| 2022 | #1,665 | 103 |
| 2021 | #2,096 | 69 |
| 2020 | #1,685 | 93 |
| 2019 | #1,723 | 91 |
| 2018 | #1,724 | 90 |
| 2017 | #1,897 | 76 |
| 2016 | #1,628 | 98 |
| 2015 | #2,145 | 64 |
| 2014 | #3,532 | 30 |
| 2013 | #3,582 | 29 |
| 2012 | #4,686 | 20 |
| 2011 | #4,221 | 23 |
| 2010 | #7,087 | 11 |
| 2009 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #5,487 | 16 |
| 2007 | #6,622 | 12 |
| 2006 | #7,998 | 9 |
| 2005 | #4,631 | 18 |
| 2004 | #5,246 | 15 |
| 2003 | #4,114 | 20 |
| 2002 | #4,703 | 16 |
| 2001 | #4,121 | 19 |
| 2000 | #3,075 | 28 |
| 1999 | #3,704 | 20 |
| 1998 | #3,390 | 22 |
| 1997 | #3,160 | 23 |
| 1996 | #3,406 | 20 |
| 1995 | #2,923 | 24 |
| 1994 | #2,556 | 29 |
| 1993 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1992 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #3,224 | 19 |
| 1990 | #3,309 | 18 |
| 1989 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #3,079 | 17 |
| 1987 | #2,641 | 20 |
| 1986 | #4,457 | 9 |
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| 1984 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #3,884 | 10 |
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| 1981 | #3,601 | 11 |
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| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
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| 1977 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #4,309 | 7 |
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| 1973 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
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| 1966 | #3,537 | 6 |
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| 1963 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | #2,295 | 13 |
| 1958 | #3,033 | 8 |
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First appearance
1958
The first year at least five boys were named Klay! It came in at #3,033, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1964–1965, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Klay is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Utah#703 · 1 in 3,933
- Missouri#869 · 1 in 5,562
- Pennsylvania#1,231 · 1 in 10,452
- New York#1,760 · 1 in 16,885
- California#1,998 · 1 in 25,068
Best ever in a state: #554 in Iowa, 2019.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Utah | #703 | 5 | 1 in 3,933 |
| Missouri | #869 | 5 | 1 in 5,562 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,231 | 5 | 1 in 10,452 |
| New York | #1,760 | 5 | 1 in 16,885 |
| California | #1,998 | 7 | 1 in 25,068 |
| Texas | #2,080 | 7 | 1 in 25,007 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 231 spots since 2024 (#2,098 → #1,867)
- 182 spots since 2020 (#1,685 → #1,867)
- 278 spots since 2015 (#2,145 → #1,867)
Rise & fade · boys
58 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1958
- Peaked 2016 at #1,628 (98 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
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 16,952
- Highest: 1 in 16,952 boys born in 2022 were named Klay (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 20,334 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,628 in 2016, was only 1 in 19,365 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 32.9% of all boys named Klay (532) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 21 | #2,295 (1959) | #2,664 |
| 1960s | 48 | #2,685 (1960) | #3,486 |
| 1970s | 58 | #3,152 (1972) | #4,341 |
| 1980s | 82 | #2,641 (1987) | #4,063 |
| 1990s | 195 | #2,556 (1994) | #3,627 |
| 2000s | 161 | #3,075 (2000) | #5,498 |
| 2010s | 532 | #1,628 (2016) | #3,223 |
| 2020s | 519 | #1,665 (2022) | #1,852 |
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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