Klayton
Boy · KLAY-ton · English
Klayton is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “settlement on clay”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 1,793rd for boys in the US (89 babies).
What does Klayton mean?
English: spelling of Clayton, an English place name
“settlement on clay”
Spelling of Clayton, from English place names meaning settlement on clay soil.
- Say it
- KLAY-ton
Is Klayton a girl's or a boy's name?
Klayton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 89 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Klayton in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 65% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Klayton, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Klayton in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 60 boys in the UK were given Klayton or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #611, up from #3,021 for this spelling alone.
- Clayton 53
- Klayton 7
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Klayton in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 13 | #1,858 |
| 2018 | 12 | #1,981 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 15 | #1,723 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,650 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
How popular is Klayton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,793among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 89about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 89 boys in the US were named Klayton, making it the 1,793rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,962nd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 125 boys. It first appears in the records in 1958.
Half of all the boys named Klayton in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,235 boys in the US were given Klayton or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #290, up from #1,793 for this spelling alone.
Klayton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 89 | #1,793 |
| 2024 | 85 | #1,878 |
| 2023 | 86 | #1,851 |
| 2022 | 103 | #1,665 |
| 2021 | 98 | #1,678 |
| 2020 | 73 | #1,962 |
| 2019 | 121 | #1,441 |
| 2018 | 125 | #1,401 |
| 2017 | 121 | #1,429 |
| 2016 | 108 | #1,539 |
| 2015 | 102 | #1,581 |
| 2014 | 72 | #1,978 |
| 2013 | 97 | #1,588 |
| 2012 | 81 | #1,817 |
| 2011 | 91 | #1,656 |
| 2010 | 80 | #1,815 |
| 2009 | 75 | #1,909 |
| 2008 | 62 | #2,160 |
| 2007 | 79 | #1,830 |
| 2006 | 55 | #2,284 |
| 2005 | 88 | #1,571 |
| 2004 | 64 | #1,907 |
| 2003 | 73 | #1,684 |
| 2002 | 68 | #1,705 |
| 2001 | 57 | #1,908 |
| 2000 | 76 | #1,560 |
| 1999 | 60 | #1,717 |
| 1998 | 67 | #1,571 |
| 1997 | 59 | #1,669 |
| 1996 | 49 | #1,838 |
| 1995 | 47 | #1,836 |
| 1994 | 57 | #1,603 |
| 1993 | 30 | #2,449 |
| 1992 | 37 | #2,080 |
| 1991 | 40 | #1,913 |
| 1990 | 41 | #1,865 |
| 1989 | 34 | #2,062 |
| 1988 | 27 | #2,250 |
| 1987 | 30 | #2,016 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 21 | #2,426 |
| 1984 | 30 | #1,841 |
| 1983 | 28 | #1,904 |
| 1982 | 18 | #2,595 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
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