Claud
Last seen for girls in 1943 at #4,691 · Last seen for boys in 2010 at #12,231
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1885 · 97 births
- Debut · boys
- 90 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,893since 1880
Claud over time
Rank among boys' names. Claud has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #12,231 | 5 | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
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| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #6,968 | 7 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,697 | 12 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,660 | 9 | |
| 1991 | — | #7,271 | 6 | |
| 1990 | — | #6,415 | 7 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,165 | 9 | |
| 1988 | — | #6,426 | 6 | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | #5,332 | 7 | |
| 1985 | — | #6,523 | 5 | |
| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | #3,282 | 13 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,412 | 12 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,615 | 11 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,168 | 13 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,070 | 13 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,606 | 10 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,946 | 13 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,120 | 11 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,857 | 12 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,418 | 15 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,916 | 22 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,989 | 20 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,415 | 13 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,428 | 30 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,507 | 26 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,613 | 23 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,513 | 26 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,435 | 30 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,305 | 36 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,757 | 21 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,233 | 41 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,581 | 26 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,156 | 45 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,345 | 33 | |
| 1957 | — | #957 | 63 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,106 | 47 | |
| 1955 | — | #988 | 58 | |
| 1954 | — | #902 | 67 | |
| 1953 | — | #903 | 63 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,044 | 48 | |
| 1951 | — | #791 | 79 | |
| 1950 | — | #772 | 78 | |
| 1949 | — | #808 | 72 | |
| 1948 | — | #708 | 89 | |
| 1947 | — | #682 | 103 | |
| 1946 | — | #681 | 90 | |
| 1945 | — | #709 | 73 | |
| 1944 | — | #604 | 103 | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #628 | 102 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #629 | 101 |
| 1941 | — | #589 | 101 | |
| 1940 | — | #555 | 113 | |
| 1939 | — | #605 | 92 | |
| 1938 | — | #548 | 111 | |
| 1937 | — | #536 | 117 | |
| 1936 | — | #504 | 127 | |
| 1935 | — | #512 | 126 | |
| 1934 | — | #471 | 144 | |
| 1933 | — | #461 | 145 | |
| 1932 | — | #451 | 157 | |
| 1931 | — | #420 | 180 | |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 | #423 | 195 |
| 1929 | — | #422 | 194 | |
| 1928 | — | #382 | 238 | |
| 1927 | — | #376 | 243 | |
| 1926 | — | #366 | 254 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #327 | 309 |
| 1924 | — | #332 | 306 | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #340 | 295 |
| 1922 | — | #347 | 289 | |
| 1921 | — | #351 | 289 | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #330 | 309 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #291 | 344 |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #317 | 319 |
| 1917 | — | #312 | 293 | |
| 1916 | — | #293 | 308 | |
| 1915 | — | #316 | 271 | |
| 1914 | — | #339 | 187 | |
| 1913 | — | #316 | 162 | |
| 1912 | — | #296 | 146 | |
| 1911 | — | #263 | 97 | |
| 1910 | — | #276 | 78 | |
| 1909 | — | #260 | 73 | |
| 1908 | — | #265 | 64 | |
| 1907 | — | #224 | 82 | |
| 1906 | — | #205 | 85 | |
| 1905 | — | #195 | 90 | |
| 1904 | — | #201 | 85 | |
| 1903 | — | #201 | 77 | |
| 1902 | — | #204 | 76 | |
| 1901 | — | #197 | 72 | |
| 1900 | — | #189 | 107 | |
| 1899 | — | #197 | 68 | |
| 1898 | — | #224 | 61 | |
| 1897 | — | #181 | 84 | |
| 1896 | — | #178 | 90 | |
| 1895 | — | #180 | 88 | |
| 1894 | — | #158 | 97 | |
| 1893 | — | #153 | 96 | |
| 1892 | — | #196 | 78 | |
| 1891 | — | #175 | 74 | |
| 1890 | — | #155 | 91 | |
| 1889 | — | #156 | 88 | |
| 1888 | — | #172 | 87 | |
| 1887 | — | #163 | 77 | |
| 1886 | — | #143 | 96 | |
| 1885 | — | #139 | 97 | |
| 1884 | — | #163 | 85 | |
| 1883 | — | #140 | 91 | |
| 1882 | — | #153 | 90 | |
| 1881 | — | #154 | 80 | |
| 1880 | — | #151 | 90 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Claud was already there! It came in at #151, and was given to 90 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1983–1985, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Claud is popular in 1918
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Arkansas#116 · 1 in 541
- Oklahoma#122 · 1 in 595
- North Carolina#164 · 1 in 977
- Georgia#171 · 1 in 1,169
- Tennessee#173 · 1 in 1,216
Best ever in a state: #79 in North Carolina, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #116 | 30 | 1 in 541 |
| Oklahoma | #122 | 33 | 1 in 595 |
| North Carolina | #164 | 30 | 1 in 977 |
| Georgia | #171 | 25 | 1 in 1,169 |
| Tennessee | #173 | 18 | 1 in 1,216 |
| South Carolina | #184 | 16 | 1 in 1,209 |
| Alabama | #185 | 18 | 1 in 1,275 |
| Mississippi | #189 | 15 | 1 in 1,187 |
| Kentucky | #211 | 16 | 1 in 1,441 |
| Missouri | #238 | 14 | 1 in 1,912 |
| Texas | #252 | 28 | 1 in 1,517 |
| Florida | #259 | 5 | 1 in 1,759 |
| Virginia | #268 | 9 | 1 in 2,446 |
| Indiana | #276 | 8 | 1 in 2,923 |
| West Virginia | #318 | 5 | 1 in 2,804 |
| Illinois | #337 | 11 | 1 in 4,965 |
| Louisiana | #412 | 5 | 1 in 3,444 |
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| Washington | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Claud
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2010
- Biggest jump: 149 spots in 1957 (#1,106 → #957)
- Biggest drop: 388 spots in 1958 (#957 → #1,345)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1885 at #139 (97 births)
- Births halved by 1952, 67 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 76 yrs · run 1880–1951
- Highest: 1 in 1,111 boys born in 1885 were named Claud (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 383,735 boys born in 2010 (0.00%)
- 25.0% of all boys named Claud (2,726) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 881 | #139 (1885) | #153 |
| 1890s | 827 | #153 (1893) | #180 |
| 1900s | 811 | #189 (1900) | #214 |
| 1910s | 2,205 | #263 (1911) | #302 |
| 1920s | 2,726 | #327 (1925) | #357 |
| 1930s | 1,394 | #420 (1931) | #493 |
| 1940s | 947 | #555 (1940) | #659 |
| 1950s | 581 | #772 (1950) | #996 |
| 1960s | 272 | #1,233 (1961) | #1,579 |
| 1970s | 135 | #1,916 (1971) | #2,989 |
| 1980s | 68 | #3,282 (1982) | #5,009 |
| 1990s | 41 | #4,697 (1993) | #6,202 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 5 | #12,231 (2010) | #12,231 |
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.
Claud in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 192,939 of them was named Claud, which outranked 23.2% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,869Zelna7
- #3,869Zenia7
- #3,869Zonnie7
- #4,291Claud6
- #4,291Abby6
- #4,291Adelphia6
- #4,291Affie6
- #4,809Abie5
- #4,809Adalee5
- #4,809Addis5
Tied with 517 names at #4,291; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 3,177 of them was named Claud, which outranked 93.4% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.