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Clayden

Boy · KLAY-den · English

Clayden is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “clay hill”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Clayden mean?

English: variant of Claydon, an English place name from Old English claeg 'clay' and dun 'hill'

“clay hill”

Variant of Claydon, an English place name found in Buckinghamshire and Suffolk, from Old English words for clay and hill.

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Is Clayden a girl's or a boy's name?

Clayden is a boys' name.

How popular is Clayden in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 2005.

Half of all the boys named Clayden in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

2005Busiest: 10 in 20092023
Clayden in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20236#10,815
202210#7,762
20215#12,141
20206#10,599
20196#10,797
20180–
20177#9,691
20169#8,141
20158#8,739
20140–
20136#10,722
20129#8,152
20110–
201010#7,585
200910#7,687
20088#9,013
20070–
20060–
20056#10,144

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