Meaning and history
From a surname derived from several English place names meaning “clay settlement” in Old English.
20062006: 1,595 births, rank #226
2007: 1,446 births, rank #247
2008: 1,577 births, rank #234
2009: 1,264 births, rank #272
2010: 1,361 births, rank #251
20112011: 1,345 births, rank #257
2012: 1,367 births, rank #261
2013: 1,387 births, rank #258
2014: 1,365 births, rank #271
2015: 1,479 births, rank #248
20162016: 1,376 births, rank #266
2017: 1,493 births, rank #250
2018: 1,451 births, rank #254
2019: 1,308 births, rank #273
2020: 1,172 births, rank #289
20212021: 1,237 births, rank #279
2022: 1,200 births, rank #286
2023: 1,067 births, rank #310
2024: 1,083 births, rank #318
20252025: 1,130 births, rank #300
Clayton rose from #318 to #300 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2000, with 2,564 births.