Name meaning & stats
Clay
Clay means “clay”. 35,877 US babies since 1940, peak 1960.
What it means
“clay”
Well documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1960
35,877 US babies were named Clay between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Clay (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Clay is the main spelling
- Clay 96%
- Klay 4%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1960)