Clayton

Where Clayton comes from

From Middle English Claytone, Cleyton, from Old English clǣġ (“clay”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure, settlement; town”). Analyzable as clay + -ton.
— Wiktionary's entry for Clayton
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #200 among boys — 60 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1959
    Clayton Anderson born
    American astronaut and engineer
  3. 1978
    Clayton Stanley born
    volleyball player
  4. 1997
    Peak, #147
    2,319 babies named Clayton — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2023
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #310.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Clayton Anderson · American astronaut and engineer, born 1959
  • Clayton Stanley · volleyball player, born 1978
  • Clayton Kershaw · American professional baseball player, born 1988
  • Clayton Ince · Trinidad and Tobago footballer, born 1972
  • Clayton Lewis · New Zealand association football player, born 1997

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.