Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Klayton

Gender

Male

Origin

English
clay settlement

Pronunciation

k-lay-ton

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2018 (rank #1401, 125 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1793, 89 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
202589
202485
202386
2022103
202198
202073
2019121
2018125
2017121
2016108

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2019 (rank #1747, 13 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4209, 4 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
20254
20246
2023–
20226
20217
202012
201913
201810
201710
201613

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #2182, 12 births); most recent 2023 (rank #2230, 11 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
202311
20226
202112
20205
2019–
20189
20176
20165
2015–
20147

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2019 (rank #724, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
20193
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #605, 4 births); most recent 2025 (rank #762, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
20253
2024–
2023–
2022–
20214
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence