Clayton

maleStatistical record

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

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

Clayton: Recorded since 1976, its highest recorded position is #100, and it stood at #404 in 2024.

5registrars recorded it
69times a registrar ranked it
49years from first to last
#100highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Clayton's record

Moved 120 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#390
1997	#360
1998	#376
1999	#375
2000	#381
2001	#421
2002	#389
2003	#448
2004	#368
2005	#430
2006	#427
2007	#406
2008	#390
2009	#408
2010	#433
2011	#392
2012	#386
2013	#440
2014	#397
2015	#500
2016	#417
2017	#423
2018	#411
2019	#388
2020	#406
2021	#672
2022	#453
2023	#791
2024	#622

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 Republic of Ireland in 33 of the 47 years from 1978 to 2024.

In 2024: #404 among boys in Northern Ireland, #520 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #535 among boys in Scotland, #622 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1976–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1978
First recorded at #283 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1978 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #622 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Clayton appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 33 years beginning in 1978, and has registered 252 births with the name.

Clayton across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Clayton's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#283 (1978)	#203 (1999)	#520 (2024)	33 of 47	252 (1978–2024)	17 (2006)
England and Wales · Boys	#390 (1996)	#360 (1997)	#622 (2024)	29 of 29	2,296 (1996–2024)	111 (2019)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#272 (1998)	#272 (1998)	#404 (2024)	5 of 27	17 (1998–2024)	4 (2017)

Clayton by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Clayton in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	4	1 of 10	4
1980s	7	2 of 10	4
1990s	29	6 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	112	10 of 10	11
2010s	74	10 of 10	7
2020s	26	4 of 10	7

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Clayton 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 5 regions, from 1976 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #100 in New Zealand in 1976.

Clayton'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	#622	61	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#791	41	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#453	89	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#672	54	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#406	100	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#388	111	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#411	103	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#423	103	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#417	101	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#500	77	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#397	102	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#440	91	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#386	108	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#392	100	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#433	87	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#408	94	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#390	96	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#406	89	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#427	77	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#430	67	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#368	78	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#448	55	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#389	61	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#421	51	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#381	60	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#375	60	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#376	60	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#360	65	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#390	55	High	Verified
1976	New Zealand	male	#100	59	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#404	3	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#395	3	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#334	4	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#363	4	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#272	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#520	6	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#660	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#402	9	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#646	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#401	9	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	13	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#459	7	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#550	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#383	10	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#455	7	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	11	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	13	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#253	15	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	17	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#239	13	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#299	8	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#245	11	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#204	14	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	5	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	10	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	6	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#382	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	4	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#535	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1976 and 2024, ranked in 35 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #100, first reached in 1976.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 111 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1978, and 48 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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Clemence · #1184, 26y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Annabel · #100, 35y
Josiah · #98, 30y
Kyla · #98, 30y
Antoni · #103, 38y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Annabel · #100, 35y
Rachelle · #100, 23y
Doireann · #99, 50y
Szymon · #99, 50y

Clayton was ranked #100 in New Zealand · Boys in 1976. 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.

Clayton 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 Clayton without appearing here.

Clayton moved ahead of

Scott Compare
In 2023 they stood at #791 and #691 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #622 and #1025.
Garry Compare
In 2005 they stood at #299 and #299 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2006 that had become #222 and #493.
Ashley Compare
In 2023 they stood at #791 and #704 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #622 and #880.
Ronald Compare
In 2002 they stood at #369 and #369 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2003 that had become #245 and #500.

Moved ahead of Clayton

Tadhg Compare
In 2022 they stood at #453 and #600 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #791 and #419.
Noel Compare
In 2022 they stood at #453 and #524 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #791 and #431.
Rian Compare
In 2020 they stood at #406 and #475 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #672 and #352.
Xavier Compare
In 2022 they stood at #454 and #498 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #660 and #396.

Moved the opposite way to Clayton

Adam Compare
Between 1978 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Clayton went from #283 to #520 while Adam went from #121 to #25.
Alex Compare
Between 1978 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Clayton went from #283 to #520 while Alex went from #255 to #36.
Alexander Compare
Between 1978 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Clayton went from #283 to #520 while Alexander went from #134 to #44.
Ben Compare
Between 1978 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Clayton went from #283 to #520 while Ben went from #283 to #41.

Moved the same way as Clayton

Adrian Compare
Between 1978 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Clayton went from #283 to #520 and Adrian from #43 to #200.
Alfred Compare
Between 1978 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Clayton went from #283 to #520 and Alfred from #255 to #430.
Denis Compare
Between 1978 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Clayton went from #283 to #520 and Denis from #57 to #195.
Edward Compare
Between 1978 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Clayton went from #283 to #520 and Edward from #32 to #144.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 5 regions, from 1976 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #100 in New Zealand in 1976. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Clayton

Clayton at a glance

What stands out in Clayton's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Clayton across 3 official records

Clayton by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Clayton appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Clayton

Clayton and the names beside it

Clayton moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Clayton

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Clayton at a glance

What stands out in Clayton's record

Clayton across 3 official records

Clayton by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Clayton appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Clayton

Clayton and the names beside it

Clayton moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Clayton

Moved the opposite way to Clayton

Moved the same way as Clayton