Clayborn

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈkɫeɪbɝn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Clayborn is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: see Clabburn . Further information: This name is rare in Britain but is thriving in the USA.

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

see Clabburn . Further information: This name is rare in Britain but is thriving in the USA.

Sources 1

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland

Where in the world(measured from records)

Clayborn counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Where Clayborn is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spelling
US United States—3K—
GY Guyana—2—

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1940196019802000Raymond Clayborn, b. 1955Adrian Clayborn, b. 1988Jamaal Clayborn, b. 1994

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Clayborn,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 9 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Clayborn
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020103K#10,795
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020202.6K#11,631
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020002.5K#11,366
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Clayborn mean, and where does it come from?
see Clabburn . Further information: This name is rare in Britain but is thriving in the USA. Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
How do you pronounce Clayborn?
A machine transcription gives /ˈkɫeɪbɝn/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Clayborn have the most bearers?
Clayborn is most frequently recorded in the United States.

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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/clayborn

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Clayborn”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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