Masculine dossier · first seen 1958

Klay

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Klay
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2022

Peak rank proxy

103

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Alpha

1958Peak 20222024

Peak year

2022

Decline from peak

31.1%

2024

All-time

1,531

Klay has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2022, when 103 boys were named Klay.

In 2024, only 71 boys were given the name.

Down 31.1% from its peak.

All told, about 1,531 Americans have been named Klay and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1958.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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