NameTides

Clayton

Clayton was the #300 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,130 babies), and #702 in England & Wales and #449 in Canada.

Clayton as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Clayton as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & WalesScotland
Clayton as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#300 (1,130)#702 (50)#762 (3)——#449 (71)
2024#318 (1,083)#622 (61)#535 (5)#404 (3)#520 (6)#444 (69)
2023#310 (1,067)#791 (41)#533 (5)#395 (3)#660 (4)#488 (57)
2022#286 (1,200)#453 (89)#472 (6)——#506 (55)
2021#279 (1,237)#672 (54)#477 (6)—#454 (7)#392 (77)
2020#289 (1,172)#406 (100)#324 (11)#334 (4)#402 (9)#435 (66)
2019#273 (1,308)#388 (111)#394 (8)—#646 (4)#366 (85)
2018#254 (1,451)#411 (103)#325 (11)—#401 (9)#405 (73)
2017#250 (1,493)#423 (103)#383 (9)#363 (4)#317 (13)#485 (59)
2016#266 (1,376)#417 (101)#401 (8)—#491 (6)#447 (66)
2015#248 (1,479)#500 (77)#359 (9)—#459 (7)#416 (73)
2014#271 (1,365)#397 (102)#490 (6)—#550 (5)#456 (65)
2013#258 (1,387)#440 (91)#520 (5)—#383 (10)#439 (66)
2012#261 (1,367)#386 (108)#434 (7)—#500 (6)#454 (61)
2011#257 (1,345)#392 (100)#459 (6)—#455 (7)#452 (60)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2000 at #151.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,500 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 5,400uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Clayton is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,600 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,500 to 1 in 1,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Clayton by state, 2025Alaska: #165AKMaine: #151MEWisconsin: #221WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #230NHWashington: #256WAIdaho: #118IDMontana: #173MTNorth Dakota: #191NDMinnesota: #263MNIllinois: #325ILMichigan: #178MINew York: #375NYMassachusetts: #378MAOregon: #263ORNevada: #443NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #206IAIndiana: #229INOhio: #251OHPennsylvania: #261PANew Jersey: #915NJConnecticut: #326CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #442CAUtah: #327UTColorado: #293CONebraska: #210NEMissouri: #199MOKentucky: #187KYWest Virginia: #101WVVirginia: #408VAMaryland: #571MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #376AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #297KSArkansas: #332ARTennessee: #207TNNorth Carolina: #330NCSouth Carolina: #224SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #252OKLouisiana: #314LAMississippi: #151MSAlabama: #215ALGeorgia: #279GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #414TXFlorida: #378FL
Clayton (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#37835
Quebec2025#7165

Clayton (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ClaytonCanadaBoys#44971
ClaytonEngland & WalesBoys#70250
ClaytonIrelandBoys—too few
ClaytonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ClaytonScotlandBoys#7623
ClaytonUSGirls—too few
ClaytonUSBoys#3001,130