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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201967peak #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 1967

girls
#5,457
7 births · 1 in 235,861 girls
boys
#334
506 births · 1 in 3,446 boys

Top girls' names in 1967

  1. #1Lisa52,437
  2. #2Kimberly33,097
  3. #3Michelle30,827
  4. #4Mary25,316
  5. #5Susan22,262
  6. #6Karen21,537
  7. #7Angela19,555
  8. #8Tammy18,652
  9. #9Melissa18,377
  10. #10Jennifer18,236
  11. #5,457Claude7

Top boys' names in 1967

  1. #1Michael82,411
  2. #2David66,806
  3. #3James61,683
  4. #4John61,600
  5. #5Robert56,369
  6. #6William37,615
  7. #7Mark34,910
  8. #8Richard33,585
  9. #9Christopher29,413
  10. #10Brian28,646
  11. #334Claude506
More about 1967

girls

1,651,025 girls got a published name in 1967; 1 in 235,861 of them was named Claude, which outranked 30.5% of the 7,852 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Claude
  1. #4,982Zonda8
  2. #4,982Zonya8
  3. #4,982Zorina8
  4. #5,457Claude7
  5. #5,457Adam7
  6. #5,457Adra7
  7. #5,457Alease7
  8. #6,042Adine6
  9. #6,042Adora6
  10. #6,042Adrean6

Tied with 584 names at #5,457; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. 1,873Anissa#2,519#646
  2. 1,660Buffy#2,453#793
  3. 1,522Nichelle#2,022#500
  4. 893Josette#1,621#728
  5. 862Lissette#1,600#738
Fallers
  1. 792Tatia#668#1,460
  2. 531Inger#929#1,460
  3. 400Sonji#639#1,039
  4. 389Sunday#983#1,372
  5. 325Cinda#944#1,269

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

boys

1,743,811 boys got a published name in 1967; 1 in 3,446 of them was named Claude, which outranked 92.7% of the 4,551 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Claude
  1. #331Dewayne511
  2. #332Lorenzo510
  3. #332Scot510
  4. #334Claude506
  5. #334Curt506
  6. #336Casey503
  7. #337Hugh502
  8. #338Evan492

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. 1,048Alfie#1,963#915
  2. 548Waylon#1,540#992
  3. 519Ariel#1,450#931
  4. 430Brendon#1,345#915
  5. 416Terrill#1,259#843
Fallers
  1. 443German#968#1,411
  2. 396Darry#916#1,312
  3. 346Regan#835#1,181
  4. 337Caleb#916#1,253
  5. 317Winfred#785#1,102

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

See the top 100 for 1967