Boy
Clayton
Clayton means "Old English place name" and comes from Old English, giving it real etymological depth as a boy's name. It peaked in the 1990s and has aged gracefully since then. In the current registry, it is a name plenty of people share. 2000 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.
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