boys:
275 births since 1911
#4311 (6th percentile)
overall:
275 births since 1911
#7464 (4th percentile)
The name Clayborne is the #7,464 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 275 recorded births since 1911. This represents the 3.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,311 (5.9% percentile) for all time with 275 births since 1911.
Clayborne first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1911 (first recorded for boys in 1911). Birth data for Clayborne is available in 42 out of the 98 years between 1911 and 2008. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Clayborne reached its peak popularity in 1934, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #523) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1911, with 21 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2008.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Clayborne".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Clayborne. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 44.7% confident that Clayborne is pronounced as KLAY-born, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KLAY-BORN, at 36.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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