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How popular is the name Klayton?

Births per year, rank history and how many Klaytons are alive today.

Klayton (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Clayton in England and Wales, ranked 4275th in 2025 and given to 4 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2016, when 13 babies were given the name, the 1804th most popular that year. It has declined since 2016; the 2025 figure is roughly 31% of its peak.

Across all spellings of the name, the Clayton you are most likely to meet is around 8 years old. Half of all Claytons born in England and Wales are between 9 and 25, and there are at least 2,800 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Clayton - on average, only one in every 109 such rooms contains a Clayton.

How many babies are named Klayton each year?

Includes all spellings: Klayton, Clayton. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

050100200020201996: 551997: 701998: 641999: 632000: 602001: 512002: 612003: 552004: 842005: 712006: 772007: 942008: 1042009: 1032010: 922011: 1062012: 1152013: 982014: 1142015: 852016: 1142017: 1132018: 1132019: 1242020: 1122021: 612022: 952023: 412024: 672025: 54actual

Where does the Klayton spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201997: ranked 2,0221998: ranked 2,4191999: ranked 2,9432004: ranked 2,3042005: ranked 3,2082007: ranked 3,0952008: ranked 2,2762009: ranked 2,1262010: ranked 3,3322011: ranked 2,8922012: ranked 2,7212013: ranked 2,6602014: ranked 1,8192015: ranked 2,4832016: ranked 1,8042017: ranked 2,1722018: ranked 2,1122019: ranked 1,7452020: ranked 1,8252021: ranked 2,7302022: ranked 3,0492024: ranked 3,2552025: ranked 4,275

Where does the Clayton spelling rank?

1101001,000200020201996: ranked 3901997: ranked 3601998: ranked 3761999: ranked 3752000: ranked 3812001: ranked 4212002: ranked 3892003: ranked 4482004: ranked 3682005: ranked 4302006: ranked 4272007: ranked 4062008: ranked 3902009: ranked 4082010: ranked 4332011: ranked 3922012: ranked 3862013: ranked 4402014: ranked 3972015: ranked 5002016: ranked 4172017: ranked 4232018: ranked 4112019: ranked 3882020: ranked 4062021: ranked 6722022: ranked 4532023: ranked 7912024: ranked 6222025: ranked 702

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Klayton per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 124 in 2019
Klayton: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Klayton most popular?

The most popular form of the name, Clayton, peaked in 2019, when 124 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Klayton spelling itself peaked in 2016, with 13 babies.

How many people are called Klayton?

At least 2,800 people named Klayton in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Klayton?

Most living Klaytons are between 9 and 25; the most common age is about 8.

Is Klayton becoming more or less popular?

Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2019 peak.






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