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How popular is “Clayton” in the USA?

Number of people named “Clayton” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Clayton” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Clayton” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Clayton” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Clayton” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Clayton” by birth year

This chart shows how “Clayton” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 60 0.00029779 60 -100%
1881 52 0.000269866 52 -100%
1882 60 0.00027084 60 -100%
1883 58 0.000267348 58 -100%
1884 69 0.000283413 69 -100%
1885 68 0.000282329 68 -100%
1886 73 0.00028592 73 -100%
1887 74 0.00029912 74 -100%
1888 63 0.000210369 63 -100%
1889 76 0.000263025 76 -100%
1890 77 0.000255474 77 -100%
1891 64 0.000223251 64 -100%
1892 59 0.000176449 59 -100%
1893 78 0.000239835 78 -100%
1894 63 0.000186011 63 -100%
1895 86 0.000245 86 -100%
1896 102 0.000285327 102 -100%
1897 75 0.000216165 75 -100%
1898 87 0.000228074 87 -100%
1899 61 0.000179817 61 -100%
1900 118 0.000262072 118 -100%
1901 72 0.000208206 72 -100%
1902 97 0.000250819 97 -100%
1903 85 0.00022298 85 -100%
1904 96 0.000237927 96 -100%
1905 110 0.000259482 110 -100%
1906 100 0.000233399 100 -100%
1907 108 0.000232063 108 -100%
1908 134 0.000274225 134 -100%
1909 137 0.000267984 137 -100%
1910 164 0.000277632 5 159 -94%
1911 203 0.000315081 203 -100%
1912 346 0.00035018 346 -100%
1913 386 0.000339457 5 381 -97%
1914 569 0.000401739 6 563 -98%
1915 699 0.000381462 699 -100%
1916 761 0.0003934 8 753 -98%
1917 769 0.000383207 10 759 -97%
1918 877 0.000403941 877 -100%
1919 909 0.000430756 8 901 -98%
1920 972 0.000429586 11 961 -98%
1921 959 0.000410794 8 951 -98%
1922 979 0.000427669 979 -100%
1923 994 0.000431708 5 989 -99%
1924 1046 0.000439199 7 1039 -99%
1925 938 0.000402005 6 932 -99%
1926 971 0.000422927 15 956 -97%
1927 929 0.000400542 10 919 -98%
1928 847 0.000374623 14 833 -97%
1929 863 0.000393675 8 855 -98%
1930 815 0.000366574 13 802 -97%
1931 840 0.000399166 9 831 -98%
1932 797 0.000377494 10 787 -97%
1933 655 0.000327591 655 -100%
1934 722 0.000347648 5 717 -99%
1935 707 0.000338294 7 700 -98%
1936 706 0.000339819 706 -100%
1937 706 0.000331351 5 701 -99%
1938 640 0.000289256 640 -100%
1939 637 0.000289093 5 632 -98%
1940 603 0.000261868 603 -100%
1941 668 0.000274172 5 663 -99%
1942 703 0.000257338 5 698 -99%
1943 766 0.000271385 766 -100%
1944 658 0.000244602 658 -100%
1945 638 0.000240491 638 -100%
1946 758 0.000237223 6 752 -98%
1947 812 0.00022541 812 -100%
1948 726 0.000210281 5 721 -99%
1949 749 0.000214935 749 -100%
1950 754 0.000215222 754 -100%
1951 814 0.000220971 814 -100%
1952 864 0.000227488 5 859 -99%
1953 871 0.00022602 871 -100%
1954 843 0.000211771 843 -100%
1955 925 0.000230381 925 -100%
1956 969 0.000235021 7 962 -99%
1957 1024 0.000243685 5 1019 -99%
1958 1135 0.000274559 8 1127 -99%
1959 1145 0.000275373 11 1134 -98%
1960 1247 0.000300206 1247 -100%
1961 1162 0.00028052 1162 -100%
1962 971 0.000240622 971 -100%
1963 1032 0.000260725 9 1023 -98%
1964 933 0.000239994 933 -100%
1965 882 0.00024328 882 -100%
1966 783 0.000225281 7 776 -98%
1967 757 0.000222982 11 746 -97%
1968 763 0.000225846 5 758 -99%
1969 806 0.000231921 6 800 -99%
1970 839 0.000232635 5 834 -99%
1971 967 0.000281731 967 -100%
1972 945 0.000300669 12 933 -97%
1973 1106 0.000366603 1106 -100%
1974 1101 0.000362171 10 1091 -98%
1975 1183 0.0003918 7 1176 -99%
1976 1186 0.000390864 1186 -100%
1977 1173 0.000369275 8 1165 -99%
1978 1089 0.000343114 6 1083 -99%
1979 1220 0.000366697 11 1209 -98%
1980 1283 0.000372477 7 1276 -99%
1981 1359 0.000392846 10 1349 -99%
1982 1717 0.000489458 12 1705 -99%
1983 1742 0.000502983 14 1728 -98%
1984 1829 0.000524256 11 1818 -99%
1985 1725 0.000483314 7 1718 -99%
1986 1683 0.000473141 10 1673 -99%
1987 1823 0.0005056 8 1815 -99%
1988 1902 0.000514744 12 1890 -99%
1989 1979 0.000514768 17 1962 -98%
1990 2036 0.00051512 8 2028 -99%
1991 1847 0.000474165 1847 -100%
1992 1914 0.000498272 5 1909 -99%
1993 2038 0.000540544 7 2031 -99%
1994 2371 0.000637768 2371 -100%
1995 2366 0.000646068 5 2361 -100%
1996 2345 0.00064296 6 2339 -99%
1997 2319 0.000639592 2319 -100%
1998 2273 0.000617964 6 2267 -99%
1999 2354 0.000637273 11 2343 -99%
2000 2577 0.000681763 13 2564 -99%
2001 2361 0.000630712 10 2351 -99%
2002 2160 0.000577804 2160 -100%
2003 2136 0.000561762 6 2130 -99%
2004 1937 0.000506946 14 1923 -99%
2005 1662 0.000432267 1662 -100%
2006 1600 0.00040443 5 1595 -99%
2007 1446 0.00036171 1446 -100%
2008 1585 0.00040324 8 1577 -99%
2009 1270 0.000332446 7 1263 -99%
2010 1366 0.000369615 5 1361 -99%
2011 1352 0.000369622 7 1345 -99%
2012 1375 0.000375954 8 1367 -99%
2013 1386 0.000380177 1386 -100%
2014 1364 0.000368014 1364 -100%
2015 1479 0.000399631 1479 -100%
2016 1382 0.0003767 6 1376 -99%
2017 1498 0.000418881 5 1493 -99%
2018 1451 0.000412697 1451 -100%
2019 1316 0.000379149 8 1308 -99%
2020 1177 0.000352334 5 1172 -99%
2021 1241 0.000366298 5 1236 -99%
2022 1199 0.000354405 1199 -100%
2023 1075 0.000324656 8 1067 -99%
2024 1081 0.000324771 1081 -100%

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