Claiborne

Last seen for girls in 2016 at #16,215 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
Given to boys 97.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1889 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,210
since 1889

Claiborne over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Claiborne has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201889peak #974, 1889boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024#12,3495
2023
2022
2021#10,7996
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016#16,2155#8,8168
2015#16,4195
2014
2013
2012#8,8648
2011
2010#12,2315
2009#12,4915
2008
2007#12,3675
2006#10,6626
2005#14,5026
2004
2003#7,8318
2002#7,0559
2001#9,2436
2000#7,4168
1999#6,04210
1998#5,84010
1997#6,6188
1996#5,18711
1995#6,9927
1994#11,7786#4,53713
1993#6,8167
1992#5,23610
1991#13,1475
1990#5,8238
1989#4,27112
1988#5,7517
1987#4,5739
1986#3,65312
1985#5,1477
1984#4,9737
1983#5,4846
1982#5,0037
1981#4,1539
1980#4,4958
1979#4,0689
1978#4,1578
1977#4,5827
1976
1975#4,7976
1974#3,5589
1973#3,01311
1972#3,6228
1971#3,3709
1970#3,2829
1969#3,5957
1968#2,9079
1967#3,2317
1966#2,32712
1965#2,9828
1964#3,2827
1963#2,04416
1962#2,67310
1961#2,53811
1960#2,68510
1959#1,75921
1958#2,26513
1957#2,37512
1956#2,36112
1955#2,04815
1954#1,76219
1953#3,1437
1952#1,85617
1951#1,77418
1950#2,7708
1949#2,33711
1948#1,94315
1947#1,69620
1946#1,81316
1945#1,85214
1944#2,19511
1943#2,18212
1942#1,35826
1941#2,08312
1940#1,98313
1939#2,05012
1938#1,74116
1937#1,82815
1936#1,72316
1935#1,70817
1934#1,55120
1933#2,21411
1932#2,6389
1931#2,32811
1930#2,29312
1929#1,52323
1928#1,61122
1927#1,60323
1926#1,66121
1925#1,62822
1924#1,57724
1923#2,9509
1922#2,24014
1921#2,37613
1920#1,59223
1919#1,53123
1918#1,37327
1917#2,18813
1916#1,59420
1915#1,70717
1914#2,10110
1913#1,67611
1912#1,52711
1911
1910
1909#1,0838
1908#1,3735
1907#1,3455
1906
1905
1904
1903#1,1305
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898#1,1215
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889#9745
1888
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1880
First appearance
1889

The first year at least five boys were named Claiborne! It came in at #974, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1889–1908, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Claiborne
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1889
  • Peaked 1889 at #974 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1890, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1889
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,500
  • Highest: 1 in 20,500 boys born in 1909 were named Claiborne (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 344,578 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #974 in 1889, was only 1 in 22,116 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 16.0% of all boys named Claiborne (194) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#974 (1889)#974
1890s5#1,121 (1898)#1,121
1900s23#1,083 (1909)#1,233
1910s132#1,373 (1918)#1,712
1920s194#1,523 (1929)#1,876
1930s139#1,551 (1934)#2,007
1940s150#1,358 (1942)#1,944
1950s142#1,759 (1959)#2,211
1960s97#2,044 (1963)#2,826
1970s76#3,013 (1973)#3,828
1980s84#3,653 (1986)#4,750
1990s84#4,537 (1994)#5,899
2000s47#7,055 (2002)#9,581
2010s21#8,816 (2016)#9,970
2020s11#10,799 (2021)#11,574

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Claiborne in 1889

boys
#974
5 births · 1 in 22,116 boys

Top boys' names in 1889

  1. #1John8,548
  2. #2William7,772
  3. #3James5,020
  4. #4George4,430
  5. #5Charles4,199
  6. #6Frank2,975
  7. #7Joseph2,729
  8. #8Harry2,559
  9. #9Robert2,513
  10. #10Edward2,299
  11. #974Claiborne5
More about 1889

boys

110,580 boys got a published name in 1889; 1 in 22,116 of them was named Claiborne, which outranked 12.3% of the 1,111 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Claiborne
  1. #878Williams6
  2. #878Winford6
  3. #878Wright6
  4. #974Claiborne5
  5. #974Abie5
  6. #974Alphonsus5
  7. #974Alta5

Tied with 137 names at #974; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1888
Risers
  1. 506Connie#1,031#525
  2. 483Hamilton#917#434
  3. 482Ballard#1,031#549
  4. 453Bertie#917#464
  5. 450Essie#1,031#581
Fallers
  1. 510Wendell#464#974
  2. 469Melton#505#974
  3. 462Enos#416#878
  4. 394Ruby#580#974
  5. 394Webb#580#974

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1889