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Clayton

Clayton: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“settlement on clay land”
Origin
Old English
Say it
CLAY-tən · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys

From an English surname and place name derived from Old English clæg and tūn. It originally referred to someone from a place called Clayton.

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How popular is Clayton?

2024325 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Clayton in 20241,081

2024 rank#317 boys

Peak year2000

Total US babies since 1880138,819

Clayton has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Clayton

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Clayclay, earth · English
  • Wesleywestern meadow · Old English
  • Westonwestern settlement · Old English
  • Blakeblack; pale · Old English
  • Oakleyoak clearing · Old English
  • Edwardwealthy guardian · Old English
  • Ashtonash tree town · Old English
  • Kingstonking's town · Old English

Clayton questions

What does the name Clayton mean?

Clayton means "settlement on clay land". It comes from Old English. From an English surname and place name derived from Old English clæg and tūn. It originally referred to someone from a place called Clayton.

Is Clayton a boy or girl name?

Clayton is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Clayton?

1,081 US babies were named Clayton in 2024. Its peak year was 2000.

How do you pronounce Clayton?

Clayton is usually pronounced CLAY-tən.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.