NameTides

Klayton

Klayton was the #1,793 boys' name in the US in 2025 (89 babies), and #4,275 in England & Wales and #2,527 in Canada.

Klayton as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Klayton as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandUSCanadaEngland & Wales
Klayton as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,793 (89)#4,275 (4)#762 (3)—#2,527 (7)
2024#1,878 (85)#3,255 (6)——#3,072 (5)
2023#1,851 (86)———#2,336 (7)
2022#1,665 (103)#3,049 (6)——#2,229 (7)
2021#1,678 (98)#2,730 (7)#605 (4)—#2,812 (5)
2020#1,962 (73)#1,825 (12)——#2,431 (6)
2019#1,441 (121)#1,745 (13)—#764 (3)#1,835 (9)
2018#1,401 (125)#2,112 (10)——#1,572 (11)
2017#1,429 (121)#2,172 (10)——#2,762 (5)
2016#1,539 (108)#1,804 (13)———
2015#1,581 (102)#2,483 (8)——#2,715 (5)
2014#1,979 (72)#1,819 (12)#680 (3)——
2013#1,588 (97)#2,660 (7)———
2012#1,818 (81)#2,721 (7)———
2011#1,656 (91)#2,892 (6)——#2,330 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #1,401.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1958.

How common is it?

about 1 in 19,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 19,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 67,000rare
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Klayton is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 21,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 18,000 to 1 in 24,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Klayton by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #801WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,582CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: #625KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,216GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Klayton (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KlaytonCanadaBoys#2,5277
KlaytonEngland & WalesBoys#4,2754
KlaytonIrelandBoys—too few
KlaytonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KlaytonScotlandBoys#7623
KlaytonUSBoys#1,79389