Given name & surname
Klay
“a reliable and trustworthy man”
Klay is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “a reliable and trustworthy man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a reliable and trustworthy man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1958. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Klay through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,616
- 1,616 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 103 babies
- 2025
- 84
- #1,882 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −5%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 84 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,882 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 4.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (7 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,098 as a first name in 2020; 516 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Klay’s family of names
Klay has a related form in Klae. Klay has a related form in Klai. Klay has a related form in Klaie.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Klay
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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