Clay Boy Name

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The name Clay is a diminutive form of Clayton. The table below indicates the number of times the name Clay has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Clay**
Use of the Name Clay for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
32,680	25,593	12,508	5,929	2,703	894	377

The table below indicates the number of times the name Clay has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

**Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Clay**
	Used as a Boy Name		Used as a Girl Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1880	406	18
1881	333	24
1882	438	17
1883	331	25
1884	307	32
1885	425	18
1886	321	28
1887	341	23
1888	324	31
1889	324	29
1890	303	32
1891	571	11
1892	394	23
1893	300	33
1894	271	42
1895	318	33
1896	353	30
1897	375	25
1898	290	40
1899	385	23
1900	340	41
1901	409	21
1902	339	33
1903	370	27
1904	354	32
1905	355	34
1906	346	36
1907	409	31
1908	414	33
1909	420	35
1910	539	28
1911	395	52
1912	455	75
1913	459	89
1914	466	108
1915	486	131
1916	496	132
1917	512	126
1918	495	146
1919	521	130
1920	494	149
1921	497	155
1922	443	189
1923	520	137
1924	508	151
1925	507	143
1926	533	130
1927	486	155
1928	521	134
1929	569	109
1930	525	129
1931	540	116
1932	520	124
1933	530	115
1934	550	115
1935	549	109
1936	509	124
1937	533	118
1938	546	113
1939	516	122
1940	511	128
1941	575	106
1942	549	125
1943	566	125
1944	588	109
1945	617	96
1946	611	111
1947	556	147
1948	506	169
1949	494	179
1950	497	181
1951	448	223
1952	427	267
1953	428	268
1954	390	339
1955	350	425
1956	340	484
1957	314	591
1958	284	715
1959	275	829
1960	266	901
1961	261	895
1962	287	707
1963	305	655
1964	329	571
1965	369	440
1966	395	360
1967	402	363
1968	393	390
1969	379	431
1970	378	457
1971	353	520
1972	374	439
1973	355	470
1974	373	421
1975	364	453
1976	368	431
1977	378	425
1978	401	367
1979	429	345
1980	445	348
1981	455	332
1982	457	345
1983	426	370
1984	426	379
1985	416	418
1986	426	408
1987	402	467
1988	408	487
1989	443	452
1990	444	495
1991	461	464
1992	483	433
1993	443	494
1994	354	687
1995	341	716
1996	370	646
1997	379	642
1998	394	620
1999	402	602
2000	397	641
2001	427	573
2002	418	595
2003	479	517
2004	585	377
Totals:		32,680		0

During the last 125 years, parents have used Clay as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.

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