Meaning and history
From an English surname originally referring to someone who lived near or worked with clay, Clay is also used as a short form of Clayton.
20062006: 309 births, rank #707
2007: 281 births, rank #775
2008: 250 births, rank #853
2009: 213 births, rank #948
2010: 273 births, rank #793
20112011: 316 births, rank #720
2012: 322 births, rank #726
2013: 321 births, rank #729
2014: 269 births, rank #840
2015: 342 births, rank #720
20162016: 339 births, rank #723
2017: 355 births, rank #694
2018: 353 births, rank #688
2019: 376 births, rank #682
2020: 417 births, rank #644
20212021: 451 births, rank #617
2022: 453 births, rank #618
2023: 494 births, rank #581
2024: 545 births, rank #544
20252025: 515 births, rank #573
Clay moved from #544 to #573 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1960, with 904 births.