Meaning not yet researched.
Clayton: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,130 in 2025. Its best rank was #147 in 1997.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #147 in 1997; #300 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Clayton in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#300 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1997, at #147.
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Clayton: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,130 boys in 2025. Peak: #147 in 1997 · most boys in one year: 2,564 (2000).
In 2025, 1,130 US boys were named Clayton, making it the 300th most common boys’ name of the year, up 18 places from #318 in 2024. That is 47 more than the 1,083 boys named Clayton in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #147, reached in 1997. The most boys given the name in a single year was 2,564, in 2000. For comparison, it was #248 in 2015 and #241 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Clayton in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 60 babies with the name. In all, 139,954 US babies have been given the name, 0.4% of them girls and 99.5% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 21,864 babies named Clayton.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 12,517 US boys were named Clayton; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 1,493. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,512 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Clayton ranked highest in West Virginia in 2025, at #102 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Klayton (3,015 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Clayten, Klayten and Claytin are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Clayten (267), Klayten (118), Claytin (57), Claton (17).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Clayton in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 8 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 19 | #102 | #132 |
| Idaho | 21 | #119 | #247 |
| Mississippi | 21 | #154 | #234 |
| Maine | 8 | #158 | #248 |
| Alaska | 5 | #170 | — |
| Michigan | 57 | #180 | #236 |
| Montana | 7 | #180 | #184 |
| Kentucky | 30 | #188 | #140 |
| Missouri | 36 | #199 | #155 |
| North Dakota | 6 | #202 | #252 |
| Iowa | 19 | #209 | #185 |
| Tennessee | 43 | #209 | #209 |
| Nebraska | 12 | #215 | #167 |
| Alabama | 26 | #218 | #170 |
| Wisconsin | 27 | #225 | #156 |
| South Carolina | 25 | #228 | #184 |
| Indiana | 36 | #231 | #161 |
| New Hampshire | 5 | #241 | #158 |
| Ohio | 50 | #252 | #169 |
| Oklahoma | 19 | #257 | #231 |
| Washington | 29 | #260 | #289 |
| Pennsylvania | 45 | #264 | #278 |
| Minnesota | 23 | #266 | #250 |
| Oregon | 16 | #268 | #189 |
| Georgia | 44 | #280 | #243 |
| Colorado | 22 | #296 | #228 |
| Kansas | 12 | #304 | #299 |
| Louisiana | 16 | #317 | #365 |
| Illinois | 33 | #327 | #237 |
| Connecticut | 9 | #331 | #468 |
| North Carolina | 35 | #332 | #257 |
| Utah | 14 | #332 | #342 |
| Arkansas | 10 | #335 | #236 |
| New York | 47 | #375 | #357 |
| Arizona | 20 | #379 | #391 |
| Florida | 51 | #379 | #212 |
| Massachusetts | 13 | #387 | #366 |
| Virginia | 19 | #413 | #247 |
| Texas | 84 | #415 | #349 |
| California | 72 | #445 | #304 |
| Nevada | 6 | #458 | #336 |
| Maryland | 8 | #582 | #330 |
| New Jersey | 6 | #940 | #519 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 1,130 | #300 |
| 2024 | — | — | 1,083 | #318 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,411 | 1,067 | #310 |
| 2022 | — | — | 1,200 | #286 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,759 | 1,237 | #279 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,638 | 1,172 | #289 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,596 | 1,308 | #273 |
| 2018 | — | — | 1,451 | #254 |
| 2017 | 5 | #16,412 | 1,493 | #250 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,729 | 1,376 | #266 |
| 2015 | — | — | 1,479 | #248 |
| 2014 | — | — | 1,365 | #271 |
| 2013 | — | — | 1,387 | #258 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,468 | 1,367 | #261 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,678 | 1,345 | #257 |
| 2010 | 5 | #17,601 | 1,361 | #251 |
| 2009 | 7 | #14,022 | 1,264 | #272 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,853 | 1,577 | #234 |
| 2007 | — | — | 1,446 | #247 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,723 | 1,595 | #226 |
| 2005 | — | — | 1,662 | #216 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,926 | 1,923 | #198 |
| 2003 | 6 | #14,252 | 2,130 | #183 |
| 2002 | — | — | 2,160 | #178 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,530 | 2,351 | #162 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,674 | 2,564 | #151 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,355 | 2,343 | #157 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,794 | 2,267 | #150 |
| 1997 | — | — | 2,319 | #147 |
| 1996 | 6 | #12,159 | 2,339 | #149 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,879 | 2,361 | #151 |
| 1994 | — | — | 2,371 | #149 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,838 | 2,031 | #159 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,728 | 1,909 | #168 |
| 1991 | — | — | 1,847 | #172 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,439 | 2,029 | #153 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,092 | 1,962 | #154 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,354 | 1,890 | #147 |
| 1987 | 8 | #8,149 | 1,815 | #153 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,699 | 1,672 | #161 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,522 | 1,718 | #157 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,973 | 1,818 | #150 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,930 | 1,729 | #158 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,609 | 1,705 | #161 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,415 | 1,349 | #185 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,327 | 1,275 | #194 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,823 | 1,208 | #199 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,751 | 1,083 | #203 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,995 | 1,165 | #197 |
| 1976 | — | — | 1,185 | #187 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,297 | 1,177 | #193 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,419 | 1,092 | #203 |
| 1973 | — | — | 1,106 | #199 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,570 | 933 | #230 |
| 1971 | — | — | 967 | #239 |
| 1970 | 5 | #8,213 | 834 | #264 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,776 | 799 | #260 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,182 | 757 | #264 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,086 | 746 | #266 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,361 | 775 | #260 |
| 1965 | — | — | 882 | #251 |
| 1964 | — | — | 933 | #251 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,596 | 1,023 | #234 |
| 1962 | — | — | 971 | #250 |
| 1961 | — | — | 1,165 | #231 |
| 1960 | — | — | 1,245 | #222 |
| 1959 | 11 | #3,861 | 1,134 | #238 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,578 | 1,127 | #232 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,228 | 1,019 | #243 |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,909 | 962 | #234 |
| 1955 | — | — | 925 | #234 |
| 1954 | — | — | 843 | #239 |
| 1953 | — | — | 871 | #230 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,696 | 859 | #228 |
| 1951 | — | — | 815 | #232 |
| 1950 | — | — | 754 | #241 |
| 1949 | — | — | 749 | #236 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,381 | 721 | #238 |
| 1947 | — | — | 812 | #225 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,517 | 752 | #221 |
| 1945 | — | — | 638 | #218 |
| 1944 | — | — | 657 | #212 |
| 1943 | — | — | 767 | #206 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,739 | 698 | #213 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,519 | 662 | #205 |
| 1940 | — | — | 603 | #212 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,364 | 632 | #197 |
| 1938 | — | — | 640 | #199 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,360 | 701 | #188 |
| 1936 | — | — | 706 | #186 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,467 | 700 | #187 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,394 | 717 | #183 |
| 1933 | — | — | 655 | #188 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,856 | 787 | #175 |
| 1931 | 9 | #3,017 | 831 | #168 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,443 | 802 | #178 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,448 | 855 | #166 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,409 | 833 | #173 |
| 1927 | 10 | #3,097 | 919 | #163 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,369 | 956 | #161 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,531 | 932 | #162 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,072 | 1,039 | #153 |
| 1923 | 5 | #5,092 | 989 | #158 |
| 1922 | — | — | 979 | #160 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,727 | 951 | #158 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,939 | 961 | #153 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,524 | 901 | #149 |
| 1918 | — | — | 877 | #157 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,923 | 759 | #166 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,318 | 753 | #159 |
| 1915 | — | — | 699 | #165 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,264 | 563 | #158 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,277 | 381 | #181 |
| 1912 | — | — | 346 | #169 |
| 1911 | — | — | 203 | #165 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,480 | 159 | #178 |
| 1909 | — | — | 137 | #176 |
| 1908 | — | — | 134 | #170 |
| 1907 | — | — | 108 | #192 |
| 1906 | — | — | 100 | #180 |
| 1905 | — | — | 110 | #174 |
| 1904 | — | — | 96 | #188 |
| 1903 | — | — | 85 | #189 |
| 1902 | — | — | 97 | #175 |
| 1901 | — | — | 72 | #198 |
| 1900 | — | — | 118 | #176 |
| 1899 | — | — | 61 | #214 |
| 1898 | — | — | 87 | #180 |
| 1897 | — | — | 75 | #196 |
| 1896 | — | — | 102 | #161 |
| 1895 | — | — | 86 | #183 |
| 1894 | — | — | 63 | #212 |
| 1893 | — | — | 78 | #187 |
| 1892 | — | — | 59 | #228 |
| 1891 | — | — | 64 | #194 |
| 1890 | — | — | 77 | #176 |
| 1889 | — | — | 76 | #176 |
| 1888 | — | — | 63 | #221 |
| 1887 | — | — | 74 | #173 |
| 1886 | — | — | 73 | #182 |
| 1885 | — | — | 68 | #192 |
| 1884 | — | — | 69 | #193 |
| 1883 | — | — | 58 | #199 |
| 1882 | — | — | 60 | #210 |
| 1881 | — | — | 52 | #212 |
| 1880 | — | — | 60 | #201 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).