Clanton
loc · English · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Clanton is a name, most frequently recorded in the United States. It appears chiefly in English and Spanish, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Probably person from Clandon, Dorset and Surrey, meaning ‘hill not overgrown with weeds’.
- USUnited States1 in 57K◐
- MXMexico1 in 21M
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin●
Probably person from Clandon, Dorset and Surrey, meaning ‘hill not overgrown with weeds’.
Sources 2
- Wiktionary
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Where in the world●
| Country | Share of this name | |
|---|---|---|
| US United States | 114,267 | 99% |
| MX Mexico | 23 | 1% |
≈114,290 recorded bearers across the countries shown (a sample of the full distribution).
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English102K89%
- Spanish71%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 102,366 | 89% |
| Spanish | 7 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1914 | 6 |
| 1915 | 5 |
| 1916 | 8 |
| 1917 | 6 |
| 1918 | 6 |
| 1919 | 7 |
| 1920 | 12 |
| 1921 | 7 |
| 1923 | 6 |
| 1925 | 5 |
| 1926 | 8 |
| 1927 | 5 |
| 1929 | 7 |
| 1930 | 6 |
| 1931 | 5 |
| 1934 | 5 |
| 1935 | 6 |
| 1936 | 5 |
| 1941 | 7 |
| 1946 | 5 |
| 1947 | 6 |
| 1953 | 5 |
| 1962 | 8 |
US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 23 years between 1914–1962. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Newman Haynes Clantonb. 1816USAmerican outlaw
- James Holt Clantonb. 1827USConfederate Army general (1827-1871)
- Ike Clantonb. 1847USrancher and member of the Cochise County Cowboys in Arizona Territory, US
- Jimmy Clantonb. 1938USAmerican singer
- Chuck Clantonb. 1962USplayer of American football
- Joey Clantonb. 1972USAmerican stock car racing driver
- Denny Clantonb. 1982USAmerican soccer player
- Ben Clantonb. 1988USAmerican comics artist and illustrator
- Keith Clantonb. 1990USAmerican basketball player (1990-)
- Chris ClantonUSAmerican actor
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).
Evidence●
Attested in 11 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 8K | #4,455 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 7.7K | #4,291 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 7.5K | #4,574 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 117 | #50,823 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1920 | 12 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1962 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1926 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1916 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1941 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1929 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1921 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1919 | 7 | — |
Reference works 1
- 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 2026-09-06 data build · 32 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Clanton?
- Our records include 114,290 bearers of Clanton across 2 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Clanton have the most bearers?
- Clanton is most frequently recorded in the United States.
- What does the name Clanton mean?
- Recorded meaning: Probably person from Clandon, Dorset and Surrey, meaning ‘hill not overgrown with weeds’.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Clanton”. Data snapshot 2026-08-31.