Klay Boy
How popular is Klay?
#1,867 boy name in 2025
84 baby boys were named Klay in the US in 2025, making it the 1867th most popular boy name.
Klay popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,867 for boys (▲ 231 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 84 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+31% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,145 in 2015, #1,685 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (103 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,628 in 2016 |
| First recorded | 1958 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Klay counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Clay family of names ranked #494 for boys in 2025 (#481 the year before), with 599 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 515 | 86% |
| Klay | 84 | 14% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Klay is most popular
Babies named Klay per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (60 boys)
- Washington: 0.1 per 1,000 (9 boys)
- Utah: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (34 boys)
Klay by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 21 | #2,294 |
| 1960s | 48 | #2,684 |
| 1970s | 58 | #3,150 |
| 1980s | 82 | #2,637 |
| 1990s | 195 | #2,551 |
| 2000s | 161 | #3,069 |
| 2010s | 532 | #1,628 |
| 2020s | 519 | #1,665 |
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Questions
- Is Klay a boy or girl name?
- Klay is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Klay were boys.
- How popular is the name Klay?
- 84 baby boys were named Klay in the US in 2025, making it the 1867th most popular boy name.
- When was Klay most popular?
- Klay peaked in 2022, when 103 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,628 in 2016.
- How many people are named Klay?
- 1,616 babies have been named Klay in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,579 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 10.
- Where is Klay most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Klay was most common in California, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.