Claude

Last seen for girls in 1993 at #13,442 · #3,036 for boys in 2025, 40 births
Given to boys 99.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
1887 · 375 births
Debut · boys
309 births
In top 100 · boys
43 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
91,337
since 1880

Claude over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201922peak #46, 1887boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,03640
2024#3,33535
2023#3,11739
2022#3,41234
2021#3,12138
2020#2,75944
2019#2,89742
2018#2,50751
2017#2,95140
2016#2,36555
2015#2,42952
2014#2,80542
2013#2,71543
2012#2,67845
2011#2,59047
2010#2,32455
2009#2,25258
2008#2,08866
2007#2,25758
2006#2,10262
2005#1,83870
2004#1,88065
2003#1,54882
2002#1,68270
2001#1,67769
2000#1,30099
1999#1,32091
1998#1,28893
1997#1,28489
1996#1,107108
1995#1,053113
1994#1,017119
1993#13,4425#893143
1992#887142
1991#870146
1990#833151
1989#757170
1988#695181
1987#634209
1986#676177
1985#639189
1984#622188
1983#628184
1982#560235
1981#8,1287#560233
1980#10,3925#524268
1979#7,3138#512269
1978#498262
1977#515255
1976#7,2967#484268
1975#7,9846#449316
1974#6,2588#443319
1973#8,4235#433324
1972#5,4809#417362
1971#6,0068#391422
1970#7,0706#383447
1969#5,4568#368448
1968#7,0165#332530
1967#5,4577#334506
1966#5,2737#317547
1965#308603
1964#4,6369#293717
1963#5,8916#282743
1962#5,8606#292701
1961#4,23910#277804
1960#3,51213#277837
1959#3,25414#270852
1958#4,8907#253951
1957#5,3776#2421,024
1956#3,91010#2311,003
1955#4,3768#2181,084
1954#5,1486#2081,142
1953#3,48011#2041,139
1952#4,9086#1971,144
1951#3,7149#1881,239
1950#3,6629#1771,253
1949#3,8928#1761,219
1948#3,5939#1681,346
1947#4,3457#1671,433
1946#3,4309#1631,306
1945#1591,166
1944#2,76211#1541,289
1943#3,4938#1521,364
1942#4,1246#1491,314
1941#1511,189
1940#3,2088#1451,194
1939#2,30013#1411,157
1938#3,1818#1311,311
1937#3,4347#1371,138
1936#2,03215#1321,225
1935#2,43912#1291,264
1934#3,1598#1301,264
1933#2,54011#1311,253
1932#1,68521#1261,352
1931#2,20514#1341,296
1930#2,20215#1221,481
1929#1,52626#1191,449
1928#1,73823#1161,533
1927#2,43314#1141,621
1926#1,83022#1061,714
1925#2,28316#1021,696
1924#2,40915#1031,706
1923#2,09118#1031,694
1922#1,95720#971,806
1921#1,98820#961,887
1920#2,17217#921,893
1919#2,51513#921,772
1918#1,96319#951,878
1917#2,42813#981,625
1916#3,0319#931,733
1915#2,25513#961,605
1914#1,89613#931,284
1913#1,67013#881,076
1912#2,1448#89890
1911#2,1916#87466
1910#1,6349#78463
1909#1,6078#74419
1908#2,1015#69428
1907#2,0615#74364
1906#1,7276#73346
1905#63399
1904#1,2519#70337
1903#1,3188#71301
1902#1,5946#68336
1901#58341
1900#1,10612#59433
1899#1,2787#63293
1898#1,04711#59371
1897#78616#59345
1896#1,1229#54398
1895#89313#55389
1894#53419
1893#1,0239#52394
1892#95810#62353
1891#1,0937#57327
1890#79112#57347
1889#1,2795#49386
1888#9598#55374
1887#8608#46375
1886#73110#48391
1885#8427#52343
1884#54353
1883#8176#54315
1882#6788#50356
1881#5829#53302
1880#54710#56309
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Claude was already there! It came in at #56, and was given to 309 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2017–2025, when fewer than 52 boys a year got the name.

See more about Claude
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 299 spots since 2024 (#3,335#3,036)
  • 277 spots since 2020 (#2,759#3,036)
  • 607 spots since 2015 (#2,429#3,036)
  • Biggest jump: 42 spots in 1987 (#676#634)
  • Biggest drop: 124 spots in 1994 (#893#1,017)
Rise & fade · boys
7 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1887 at #46 (375 births)
  • Births halved by 1983, 96 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 43 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 43 yrs · run 1880–1922
  • Top 1,000: 114 yrs · run 1880–1993
Share of babies · boys
1 in 270
  • Highest: 1 in 270 boys born in 1887 were named Claude (0.37%)
  • Latest: 1 in 42,702 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 18.6% of all boys named Claude (16,999) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s3,504#46 (1887)#52
1890s3,636#52 (1893)#57
1900s3,704#58 (1901)#68
1910s12,792#78 (1910)#91
1920s16,999#92 (1920)#105
1930s12,741#122 (1930)#131
1940s12,820#145 (1940)#158
1950s10,831#177 (1950)#219
1960s6,436#277 (1960)#308
1970s3,244#383 (1970)#453
1980s2,034#524 (1980)#630
1990s1,195#833 (1990)#1,055
2000s699#1,300 (2000)#1,862
2010s472#2,324 (2010)#2,626
2020s230#2,759 (2020)#3,130

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Claude in 1922

girls
#1,957
20 births · 1 in 60,050 girls
boys
#97
1,806 births · 1 in 603 boys

Top girls' names in 1922

  1. #1Mary72,177
  2. #2Dorothy37,716
  3. #3Helen32,510
  4. #4Margaret26,862
  5. #5Ruth23,633
  6. #6Betty20,895
  7. #7Virginia19,144
  8. #8Mildred16,412
  9. #9Elizabeth15,244
  10. #10Frances15,054
  11. #1,957Claude20

Top boys' names in 1922

  1. #1John57,280
  2. #2Robert53,796
  3. #3William51,111
  4. #4James49,802
  5. #5Charles28,839
  6. #6George27,350
  7. #7Joseph25,699
  8. #8Edward20,419
  9. #9Richard17,537
  10. #10Frank16,013
  11. #97Claude1,806
More about 1922

girls

1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 60,050 of them was named Claude, which outranked 66.2% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Claude
  1. #1,897Vicenta21
  2. #1,897Warren21
  3. #1,897Yoshie21
  4. #1,957Claude20
  5. #1,957Adelyn20
  6. #1,957Agustina20
  7. #1,957Alleen20
  8. #2,027Aliene19
  9. #2,027Allyne19
  10. #2,027Almedia19

Tied with 69 names at #1,957; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. 626Lilia#1,543#917
  2. 573Leatrice#1,258#685
  3. 412Phylis#1,409#997
  4. 352Darleen#1,258#906
  5. 295Madlyn#1,136#841
Fallers
  1. 518Erlene#946#1,464
  2. 390Exie#879#1,269
  3. 327Arlyne#905#1,232
  4. 288Toby#964#1,252
  5. 265Rochelle#987#1,252

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 603 of them was named Claude, which outranked 98.0% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Claude
  1. #94Arnold1,892
  2. #95Allen1,887
  3. #96Roger1,848
  4. #97Claude1,806
  5. #98Everett1,798
  6. #99Virgil1,790
  7. #100Gilbert1,748
Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. 520Desmond#1,360#840
  2. 504Gorden#1,226#722
  3. 418Jackie#1,140#722
  4. 417Daryl#843#426
  5. 361Brown#1,360#999
Fallers
  1. 600Adolf#991#1,591
  2. 508Nello#962#1,470
  3. 439Newman#843#1,282
  4. 394Marcos#939#1,333
  5. 343Porfirio#939#1,282

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1922