Klay
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KLAY
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,537 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,867 for boys
Klay is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “clay”. In 2025 it ranked 1,537th for boys in the UK (18 babies) and 1,867th for boys in the US (84 babies).
What does Klay mean?
English: spelling of Clay, an English surname
“clay”
Spelling of Clay, an English surname for someone who lived on clay soil or worked with clay.
Is Klay a girl's or a boy's name?
Klay is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the UK and 84 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Klay in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,537among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were named Klay, making it the 1,537th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 852nd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 60 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Klay than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Klay in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 61 boys in the UK were given Klay or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #605, up from #1,537 for this spelling alone.
- Clay 43
- Klay 18
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales and 400th in Scotland.
Klay in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,537 |
| 2024 | 28 | #1,111 |
| 2023 | 21 | #1,355 |
| 2022 | 35 | #949 |
| 2021 | 39 | #878 |
| 2020 | 39 | #852 |
| 2019 | 32 | #994 |
| 2018 | 52 | #728 |
| 2017 | 60 | #657 |
| 2016 | 45 | #799 |
| 2015 | 39 | #871 |
| 2014 | 39 | #860 |
| 2013 | 22 | #1,241 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Klay in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,867among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 84about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 84 boys in the US were named Klay, making it the 1,867th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,685th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 103 boys. It first appears in the records in 1958.
Half of all the boys named Klay in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 599 boys in the US were given Klay or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #503, up from #1,867 for this spelling alone.
- Clay 515
- Klay 84
Klay in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 84 | #1,867 |
| 2024 | 71 | #2,098 |
| 2023 | 99 | #1,701 |
| 2022 | 103 | #1,665 |
| 2021 | 69 | #2,095 |
| 2020 | 93 | #1,685 |
| 2019 | 91 | #1,723 |
| 2018 | 90 | #1,724 |
| 2017 | 76 | #1,897 |
| 2016 | 98 | #1,628 |
| 2015 | 64 | #2,145 |
| 2014 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2013 | 29 | #3,580 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 22 | #3,386 |
| 1997 | 23 | #3,155 |
| 1996 | 20 | #3,400 |
| 1995 | 24 | #2,918 |
| 1994 | 29 | #2,551 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 19 | #3,218 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,074 |
| 1987 | 20 | #2,637 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 13 | #2,294 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
Names like Klay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Klay
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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, “Klay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/klay, updated 20 October 2026.