Klayton

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Klayton: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Klayton: Recorded since 1997, it reached #764 in 2019, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#764highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2022
1998	#2419
1999	#2943
2004	#2304
2005	#3208
2007	#3095
2008	#2276
2009	#2126
2010	#3332
2011	#2892
2012	#2721
2013	#2660
2014	#1819
2015	#2483
2016	#1804
2017	#2172
2018	#2112
2019	#1745
2020	#1825
2021	#2730
2022	#3048
2024	#3254

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 22 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

In 2019: #764 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1745 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2022 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Klayton by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Klayton in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	12	3 of 10	4
2000s	32	5 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	91	10 of 10	9
2020s	31	4 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Klayton appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #764 in Republic of Ireland in 2019.

Klayton's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3254	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2730	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1825	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1745	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2112	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2172	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1804	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2483	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1819	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2276	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2304	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #764, first reached in 2019.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2019, and 22 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Klea · #1711, 23y
Kleio · #3899, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Alonzo · #764, 18y
Ana-Maria · #764, 17y
Bryanna · #764, 22y
Clarisse · #764, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Anna-Leigh · #764, 15y
Bryanna · #764, 22y
Clarisse · #764, 19y
Eliezer · #764, 29y

Klayton was ranked #764 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2019. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Klayton and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Klayton without appearing here.

Klayton moved ahead of

Nils Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2483 and #2319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #1804 and #4810.
Erin Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2892 and #2892 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2721 and #4805.
Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2730 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3048 and #2165 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Klayton

Theodor Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2126 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #3332 and #1201.
Cillian Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2304 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3208 and #1190.
Filip Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2419 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #2943 and #1664.
Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2730 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3048 and #2018.

Moved the opposite way to Klayton

Albie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Klayton went from #2022 to #3254 while Albie went from #914 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Klayton went from #2022 to #3254 while Alfie went from #92 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Klayton went from #2022 to #3254 while Alfred went from #192 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Klayton went from #2022 to #3254 while Archie went from #141 to #10.

Moved the same way as Klayton

Aaron Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Klayton went from #2022 to #3254 and Aaron from #32 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Klayton went from #2022 to #3254 and Adam from #20 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Klayton went from #2022 to #3254 and Alan from #179 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Klayton went from #2022 to #3254 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #764 in Republic of Ireland in 2019. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Klayton

Klayton at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Klayton by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Klayton at a glance

Klayton by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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