Klay

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A few things about Klay you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Klay

Klay Thompson

American basketball player (born 1990)

Choose Klay and your child shares a first name with Klay Thompson, an American basketball player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Klay, like who?” Klay Thompson's Wikipedia article is available in 49 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 20,325 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Klay, 84 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Klay would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryKlay first shows up in US birth records in 1958, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 67 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2016, when it reached #1,628.
• 📈Then vs nowKlay is 3.4× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 69,930 baby boys; in 2025, about 1 in 20,325.
• 🍂TrendKlay has slipped 182 places over the last five years and now sits at #1,867. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 📍Where it's lovedKlay is most popular in Utah, where it ranks #703, followed by Missouri (#869). It's in the top 1,000 in 2 states.
• 💬MeaningKlay is an English form of Clay, which means “clay”.

About the name Klay

Klay is a boy name of English origin meaning “clay”. It has 4 letters and 1 syllable, starting with K and ending in “-lay”. US birth records list Klay for boys from 1958 to 2025, in 60 of those 68 years. Its best year was 2016, when it ranked #1,628 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #1,867, with 84 babies.

Origin:English names