Given name
Clayten
“from the town settled on clay”
Clayten is a variant of Clayton. One English interpretation is “from the town settled on clay.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Clayten is a variant of Clayton. One English interpretation is “from the town settled on clay.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Clayten is a variant of Clayton. An origin associated with Clayton is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Clayten is a variant of Clayton. The history of Clayton gives this family its wider story. Clayton’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Clayten through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 267
- 267 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #7,777 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −31%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,777 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 18 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 244 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Clayten’s family of names
Clayten has a related form in Clayton.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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