Claiborne
Boy · KLAY-born · English
Claiborne is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “clay stream”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Claiborne mean?
English: English surname from place names
“clay stream”
William C. C. Claiborne was the first governor of the state of Louisiana.
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Is Claiborne a girl's or a boy's name?
Claiborne is a boys' name.
How popular is Claiborne in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1918, with 27 boys. It first appears in the records in 1889.
Half of all the boys named Claiborne in the US since 1880 were born between 1927 and 1972, the years shaded on the chart below.
Claiborne in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,280 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 12 | #2,326 |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 16 | #2,043 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 21 | #1,758 |
| 1958 | 13 | #2,263 |
| 1957 | 12 | #2,374 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,359 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,047 |
| 1954 | 19 | #1,761 |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 17 | #1,855 |
| 1951 | 18 | #1,773 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,336 |
| 1948 | 15 | #1,942 |
| 1947 | 20 | #1,695 |
| 1946 | 16 | #1,812 |
| 1945 | 14 | #1,851 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,194 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,181 |
| 1942 | 26 | #1,358 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 1940 | 13 | #1,983 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,050 |
| 1938 | 16 | #1,741 |
| 1937 | 15 | #1,828 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,723 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,708 |
| 1934 | 20 | #1,551 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,213 |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,638 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,327 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,292 |
| 1929 | 23 | #1,523 |
| 1928 | 22 | #1,611 |
| 1927 | 23 | #1,603 |
| 1926 | 21 | #1,661 |
| 1925 | 22 | #1,628 |
| 1924 | 24 | #1,577 |
| 1923 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,239 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,375 |
| 1920 | 23 | #1,592 |
| 1919 | 23 | #1,530 |
| 1918 | 27 | #1,372 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,187 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,593 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,706 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,100 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,675 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,526 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,083 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,129 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,120 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 5 | #973 |
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