Clayton is a boy's name of English origin meaning “clay and enclosure, settlement; town.” In 2024 it was given to 1,081 boys in the United States.
Clayton belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “clay and enclosure, settlement; town” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Clayton first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #147 in 1988, and in 2024 1,081 babies received the name — 138,209 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Clayton means “clay and enclosure, settlement; town” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Clayton is a boy name. In 2024, 1,081 babies received the name in the US.
Clayton comes from the English & American tradition.
Clayton first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #147 in 1988, and 1,081 babies were given the name in 2024.
Clayton is pronounced /ˈkleɪtən/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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