Clay
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning clay; mud or earth.
How Clay has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #720 |
| 2016 | #725 |
| 2017 | #694 |
| 2018 | #688 |
| 2019 | #681 |
| 2020 | #643 |
| 2021 | #615 |
| 2022 | #615 |
| 2023 | #580 |
| 2024 | #543 |
| 2025 | #573 |
Clay by the numbers
In 2025, 38 babies in England and Wales were named Clay. In the US, 352 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 904 babies in 1960, making it a 1960s name.
At its height, in 1960, about 1 in 2,400 American boys born that year was called Clay.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Clay. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Clay
Names that are said the same way as Clay, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Klayclay; earthen material75 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean the earth
Like Clay, each of these has the earth in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Brooklynbroken land; a new york borough5,239 in the US (2017)
- Adamman, earth1,431 in England and Wales (2025)
- Georgefarmer, earth worker3,082 in England and Wales (2025)
- Waylonland beside the road2,434 in the US (2017)
- Zionpromised land; the promised city374 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jorgefarmer; worker of the earth1,547 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Clay
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