Clayton Boy
How popular is Clayton?
#300 boy name in 2025
1,130 baby boys were named Clayton in the US in 2025, making it the 300th most popular boy name.
Clayton popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #300 for boys (▲ 18 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,130 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-24% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #248 in 2015, #289 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2000 (2,564 boys) |
| Highest rank | #147 in 1988 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.8% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Clayton counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Clayton family of names ranked #282 for boys in 2025 (#293 the year before), with 1,235 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Clayton | 1,130 | 91% |
| Klayton | 89 | 7% |
| Clayten | 10 | 1% |
| Klayten | 6 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Clayton is most popular
Babies named Clayton per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- West Virginia: 2.4 per 1,000 (79 boys)
- Maine: 2.1 per 1,000 (40 boys)
- Idaho: 2.1 per 1,000 (84 boys)
- South Dakota: 1.9 per 1,000 (36 boys)
- Montana: 1.9 per 1,000 (33 boys)
Clayton by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 653 | #172 |
| 1890s | 752 | #160 |
| 1900s | 1,057 | #170 |
| 1910s | 5,641 | #149 |
| 1920s | 9,414 | #153 |
| 1930s | 7,171 | #168 |
| 1940s | 7,059 | #205 |
| 1950s | 9,309 | #228 |
| 1960s | 9,296 | #222 |
| 1970s | 10,750 | #187 |
| 1980s | 16,933 | #147 |
| 1990s | 21,816 | #147 |
| 2000s | 18,672 | #151 |
| 2010s | 13,932 | #248 |
| 2020s | 6,889 | #279 |
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Questions
- Is Clayton a boy or girl name?
- Clayton is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Clayton were boys.
- How popular is the name Clayton?
- 1,130 baby boys were named Clayton in the US in 2025, making it the 300th most popular boy name.
- When was Clayton most popular?
- Clayton peaked in 2000, when 2,564 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #147, held for 2 years starting in 1988.
- How many people are named Clayton?
- 139,954 babies have been named Clayton in the US since 1880. We estimate about 105,338 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 32.
- Where is Clayton most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Clayton was most common in West Virginia, at 2.4 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.