Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Clayton

#249 most common boys' name of all time · #542 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#249
Rank overall
#542 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
139,954
Since 2016
12,554
Peak year
2000 #151
Best rank
#147 1988
Girls Boys peak 2,577/yr
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Clayton is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 1,130 1,130 #300
2024 1,083 1,083 #318
2023 8 1,067 1,075 #310
2022 1,200 1,200 #286
2021 5 1,237 1,242 #279
2020 5 1,172 1,177 #289
2019 8 1,308 1,316 #273
2018 1,451 1,451 #254
2017 5 1,493 1,498 #250
2016 6 1,376 1,382 #266
2015 1,479 1,479 #248
2014 1,365 1,365 #271
2013 1,387 1,387 #258
2012 8 1,367 1,375 #261
2011 7 1,345 1,352 #257
2010 5 1,361 1,366 #251
2009 7 1,264 1,271 #272
2008 8 1,577 1,585 #234
2007 1,446 1,446 #247
2006 5 1,595 1,600 #226
2005 1,662 1,662 #215
2004 14 1,923 1,937 #198
2003 6 2,130 2,136 #183
2002 2,160 2,160 #178
2001 10 2,351 2,361 #162
2000 13 2,564 2,577 #151
1999 11 2,343 2,354 #157
1998 6 2,267 2,273 #150
1997 2,319 2,319 #147
1996 6 2,339 2,345 #149
1995 5 2,361 2,366 #151
1994 2,371 2,371 #149
1993 7 2,031 2,038 #159
1992 5 1,909 1,914 #168
1991 1,847 1,847 #172
1990 8 2,029 2,037 #153
1989 17 1,962 1,979 #154
1988 12 1,890 1,902 #147
1987 8 1,815 1,823 #153
1986 10 1,672 1,682 #161
1985 7 1,718 1,725 #157
1984 11 1,818 1,829 #150
1983 14 1,729 1,743 #158
1982 12 1,705 1,717 #161
1981 10 1,349 1,359 #185
1980 7 1,275 1,282 #194
1979 11 1,208 1,219 #199
1978 6 1,083 1,089 #203
1977 8 1,165 1,173 #197
1976 1,185 1,185 #187
1975 7 1,177 1,184 #193
1974 10 1,092 1,102 #203
1973 1,106 1,106 #199
1972 12 933 945 #230
1971 967 967 #239
1970 5 834 839 #264
1969 6 799 805 #261
1968 5 757 762 #264
1967 11 746 757 #266
1966 7 775 782 #260
1965 882 882 #251
1964 933 933 #251
1963 9 1,023 1,032 #234
1962 971 971 #250
1961 1,165 1,165 #231
1960 1,245 1,245 #222
1959 11 1,134 1,145 #238
1958 8 1,127 1,135 #232
1957 5 1,019 1,024 #243
1956 7 962 969 #234
1955 925 925 #234
1954 843 843 #239
1953 871 871 #230
1952 5 859 864 #228
1951 815 815 #232
1950 754 754 #241
1949 749 749 #236
1948 5 721 726 #238
1947 812 812 #225
1946 6 752 758 #221
1945 638 638 #218
1944 657 657 #212
1943 767 767 #206
1942 5 698 703 #213
1941 5 662 667 #205
1940 603 603 #212
1939 5 632 637 #197
1938 640 640 #199
1937 5 701 706 #188
1936 706 706 #185
1935 7 700 707 #187
1934 5 717 722 #183
1933 655 655 #188
1932 10 787 797 #175
1931 9 831 840 #168
1930 13 802 815 #178
1929 8 855 863 #166
1928 14 833 847 #173
1927 10 919 929 #164
1926 15 956 971 #161
1925 6 932 938 #162
1924 7 1,039 1,046 #153
1923 5 989 994 #158
1922 979 979 #160
1921 8 951 959 #158
1920 11 961 972 #153
1919 8 901 909 #149
1918 877 877 #157
1917 10 759 769 #166
1916 8 753 761 #159
1915 699 699 #165
1914 6 563 569 #158
1913 5 381 386 #181
1912 346 346 #169
1911 203 203 #165
1910 5 159 164 #178
1909 137 137 #176
1908 134 134 #170
1907 108 108 #192
1906 100 100 #182
1905 110 110 #174
1904 96 96 #188
1903 85 85 #189
1902 97 97 #176
1901 72 72 #200
1900 118 118 #178
1899 61 61 #215
1898 87 87 #181
1897 75 75 #197
1896 102 102 #160
1895 86 86 #184
1894 63 63 #213
1893 78 78 #187
1892 59 59 #228
1891 64 64 #197
1890 77 77 #177
1889 76 76 #179
1888 63 63 #221
1887 74 74 #172
1886 73 73 #185
1885 68 68 #194
1884 69 69 #194
1883 58 58 #199
1882 60 60 #210
1881 52 52 #212
1880 60 60 #201