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Clayton name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Clayton ranks #300 in male records (1,130 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
No published 2025 observation. A missing observation is not zero.
2025 male rank and count
#300 · 1,130 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count increased by 47 male records (1,083 to 1,130); rank moved from #318 to #300.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count decreased by 107 male records (1,237 to 1,130); rank moved from #279 to #300.
Peak year in available data
2017: 1,493 male records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Clayton becoming more popular?

Clayton's reported male count increased by 47 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #318 to #300. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

The 2025 file has no published female observation for Clayton. That is not a count of zero.

Clayton in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for ClaytonFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.1,4930201620252016: 6 female records2017: 5 female records2019: 8 female records2020: 5 female records2021: 5 female records2023: 8 female records2016: 1,376 male records2017: 1,493 male records2018: 1,451 male records2019: 1,308 male records2020: 1,172 male records2021: 1,237 male records2022: 1,200 male records2023: 1,067 male records2024: 1,083 male records2025: 1,130 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
2025——1,130300
2024——1,083318
2023811,4111,067310
2022——1,200286
2021515,7591,237279
2020515,6381,172289
2019811,5961,308273
2018——1,451254
2017516,4121,493250
2016614,7291,376266

Questions about Clayton’s popularity

How common is Clayton in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Clayton ranks #300 in male records (1,130 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Clayton?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Clayton only.

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Use Save or Maybe above to start a device shortlist. Create separate accounts and connect them to see each other’s saved names and maybes. Both saving Clayton creates a match.

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