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Clayson

Boy · KLAY-son · Modern

Clayson is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).

Where does Clayson come from?

Modern: Clay with the surname ending -son

Say it
KLAY-son

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

Clayson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Clayson in the US?

Rank in 2025
#10,690among boys
Babies in 2025
6about 1 in 280,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Clayson, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987.

2025 had fewer boys named Clayson than any year since 2015.

Half of all the boys named Clayson in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

1987Busiest: 15 in 20212025
Clayson in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20256#10,690
20247#9,888
202311#7,284
202210#7,762
202115#5,771
20207#9,548
201913#6,401
201811#7,132
201713#6,334
20167#9,659
20156#10,638
20140–
201311#7,021
20127#9,703
20115#12,280
20105#12,224
20097#9,859
20080–
20076#10,915
20067#9,579
20059#7,633
20049#7,530
200310#6,708
200212#5,718
200110#6,438
20000–
19997#7,867
19980–
19970–
19960–
19950–
19945#8,794
19930–
19920–
19910–
19905#8,108
19890–
19880–
19876#6,083

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