The invention discloses sodium modified sepiolite clay. The key points of the technical scheme are as follows: the sodium modified sepiolite clay is prepared from the following raw materials: sepiolite clay, magnesium oxide, sodium carbonate, instant sodium silicate, polyvinyl alcohol and hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose; the sodium modified sepiolite clay is prepared by virtue of following the steps: inputting the raw materials of the sodium modified sepiolite clay into a mill and grinding the raw materials into powder, wherein the grinded powder is the sodium modified sepiolite clay. The sepiolite clay is firstly modified by sodium and then the raw materials are compound, so that the sodium carbonate is prevented from reacting with the instant sodium silicate, polyvinyl alcohol and hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose; the sodium modified sepiolite clay can improve properties of the sepiolite clay, such as adsorbability, rheological property, heat stability, plasticity, caking property, catalysis, specific surface area, porosity and the like; the sodium modified sepiolite clay has good rheological property, thus becoming a valuable thickener, a suspending agent and a thixotropic agent, and being applicable to industries such as cosmetics, toothpaste, soap, paint, coating, fire protection and the like.