Boy
Clayton
Clayton is a boy's name, a solidly familiar choice, that has stayed remarkably steady since peaking in the 1990s.
Old EnglishOld English place name
EtymologyMeaning "settlement on clay land"
Births by decade
1900s
1,057
1910s
5,683
1920s
9,498
1930s
7,223
1940s
7,080
1950s
9,341
1960s
9,335
1970s
10,822
1980s
17,033
1990s
21,858
2000s
18,723
2010s
11,164
Peaked in the 1990s · 128,817 total U.S. births since 1900