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Clay
Pronounced /kleɪ/
Rank in 2024
#543
Born in 2024
545
Peak year
1960 · #266
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 545 boys were named Clay, about 1 in every 3,147.
- It peaked in 1960 with 904 babies, ranked #266.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 39,736 boys have been named Clay since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Clay per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.2Greatest1901–27
- 0.1Silent1928–45
- 0.2Boomers1946–64
- 0.2Gen X1965–80
- 0.2Millennials1981–96
- 0.2Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 2,508 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Silent: 2,119 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Boomers: 8,678 babies, 0.23 per 1,000. Gen X: 6,665 babies, 0.24 per 1,000. Millennials: 7,603 babies, 0.25 per 1,000. Gen Z: 6,875 babies, 0.22 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 4,710 babies, 0.22 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From a Middle English occupational name for a clay worker, or a habitational name, from Old English clǣġ (“clay”).
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A diminutive of the male given name Clayton.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /kleɪ/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Clay, CC BY-SA 4.0.