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Clayton

Gender
Boy
Say it
KLAY-ton
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#731 for boys
US rank, 2025
#300 for boys

Clayton is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “settlement on clay”. In 2025 it ranked 731st for boys in the UK (53 babies) and 300th for boys in the US (1,130 babies).

What does Clayton mean?

English: English place name and surname

“settlement on clay”

A surname from several English villages called Clayton, in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Sussex and elsewhere.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Clayton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 53 boys in the UK and 1,130 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Clayton in the UK?

Rank in 2025
731st among boys
Babies in 2025
53 about 1 in 5,700 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 51% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 53 boys in the UK were named Clayton, making it the 731st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 412th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 119 boys.

Half of all the boys named Clayton in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 2025, 60 boys in the UK were given Clayton or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #611, up from #731 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 702nd in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 119 in 20192025
Clayton in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202553#731
202469#612
202349#760
202295#469
202160#673
2020115#412
2019119#414
2018114#421
2017116#418
2016109#431
201586#506
2014108#425
201396#467
2012115#405
2011106#412
201089#463
200998#427
200899#417
200791#429
200679#455
200567#470
200480#392
200358#472
200261#418
200151#460
200061#409
199961#408
199864#399
199768#384
199655#413

How popular is Clayton in the US?

Rank in 2025
300th among boys
Babies in 2025
1,130 about 1 in 1,500 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 17% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 1,130 boys in the US were named Clayton, making it the 300th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 289th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 2,564 boys.

Half of all the boys named Clayton in the US since 1880 were born between 1953 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,235 boys in the US were given Clayton or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #290, up from #300 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 2,564 in 20002025
Clayton in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20251,130#300
20241,083#318
20231,067#310
20221,200#286
20211,237#279
20201,172#289
20191,308#273
20181,451#254
20171,493#250
20161,376#266
20151,479#248
20141,365#271
20131,387#258
20121,367#261
20111,345#257
20101,361#251
20091,264#272
20081,577#234
20071,446#247
20061,595#226
20051,662#215
20041,923#198
20032,130#183
20022,160#178
20012,351#162
20002,564#151
19992,343#157
19982,267#150
19972,319#147
19962,339#149
19952,361#151
19942,371#149
19932,031#159
19921,909#168
19911,847#172
19902,029#153
19891,962#154
19881,890#147
19871,815#153
19861,672#161
19851,718#157
19841,818#150
19831,729#158
19821,705#161
19811,349#185
19801,275#194
19791,208#199
19781,083#203
19771,165#197
19761,185#187
19751,177#193
19741,092#203
19731,106#199
1972933#230
1971967#239
1970834#264
1969799#260
1968757#264
1967746#266
1966775#260
1965882#251
1964933#251
19631,023#234
1962971#250
19611,165#231
19601,245#222
19591,134#238
19581,127#232
19571,019#243
1956962#234
1955925#234
1954843#239
1953871#230
1952859#228
1951815#232
1950754#241
1949749#236
1948721#238
1947812#225
1946752#221
1945638#218
1944657#212
1943767#206
1942698#213
1941662#205
1940603#212
1939632#197
1938640#199
1937701#188
1936706#185
1935700#187
1934717#183
1933655#188
1932787#175
1931831#168
1930802#178
1929855#166
1928833#173
1927919#163
1926956#161
1925932#162
19241,039#153
1923989#158
1922979#160
1921951#158
1920961#153
1919901#149
1918877#157
1917759#166
1916753#158
1915699#165
1914563#158
1913381#181
1912346#169
1911203#165
1910159#177
1909137#176
1908134#170
1907108#192
1906100#180
1905110#174
190496#187
190385#189
190297#175
190172#197
1900118#176
189961#213
189887#179
189775#196
1896102#160
189586#182
189463#211
189378#186
189259#228
189164#194
189077#176
188976#176
188863#221
188774#172
188673#182
188568#192
188469#193
188358#199
188260#210
188152#211
188060#200

Nicknames for Clayton

Names like Clayton

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Mason, Harrison, Grayson, Hudson, Austin, Riley, Carter, Colton, Carson, Logan, Hunter, Caleb

Other spellings of Clayton

Klayton, Clayten, Klayten

Names related to Clayton

Coalton

More English names

Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Oakley, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, River, Ellie

Every English name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Clayton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/clayton, updated 20 October 2026.