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Clay

Boy

Rising name

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1960 was its best year: 904 births, or 1 baby in 4,595. The momentum is recent: births are up 44% over the last five years, compared with the decade before. In 2025, it ranked No. 573.
40,252births since 1880
1960sgeneration
No. 265rank at its peak, in 1960

Where babies named Clay are born

1960

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The darker the blue, the more common Clay is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Clay is most common in Kentucky (2.7 times), Utah (2.2) and Oklahoma (2.1), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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