Clanton is a very rare variant of Clinton that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Clanton is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1962. Clanton first appears in 1914 and peaked in 1920 (12 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 8 | — | #3,086 |
| 1953 | 5 | — | #3,905 |
| 1947 | 6 | — | #3,427 |
| 1946 | 5 | — | #3,606 |
| 1941 | 7 | — | #2,916 |
| 1936 | 5 | — | #3,634 |
| 1935 | 6 | — | #3,326 |
| 1934 | 5 | — | #3,763 |
| 1931 | 5 | — | #3,858 |
| 1930 | 6 | — | #3,656 |
| 1929 | 7 | — | #3,286 |
| 1927 | 5 | — | #4,302 |
| 1926 | 8 | — | #3,175 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | #4,310 |
| 1923 | 6 | — | #3,892 |
| 1921 | 7 | — | #3,586 |
| 1920 | 12 | — | #2,483 |
| 1919 | 7 | — | #3,462 |
| 1918 | 6 | — | #3,802 |
| 1917 | 6 | — | #3,625 |
| 1916 | 8 | — | #2,966 |
| 1915 | 5 | — | #3,926 |
| 1914 | 6 | — | #2,979 |