Boy name Old English origin

Clayton

KLAY-tuhn · 7 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Town built on clay
Language
Old English
Culture
English
Style era
modern
Themes
English · nature
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#317
2024 births1,081
Peak year2000
First appeared1880
Total US births138,209
2000 peak18801916195219882024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Clay
Alternate spellings
Klayton

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Clayton Kershaw
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