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 | — | — | ||
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| 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 1943
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Arkansas#244 · 1 in 2,104
- Oklahoma#272 · 1 in 2,508
- Alabama#314 · 1 in 3,427
- Missouri#349 · 1 in 5,777
- South Carolina#371 · 1 in 4,889
Best ever in a state: #79 in North Carolina, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #244 | 10 | 1 in 2,104 |
| Oklahoma | #272 | 9 | 1 in 2,508 |
| Alabama | #314 | 10 | 1 in 3,427 |
| Missouri | #349 | 6 | 1 in 5,777 |
| South Carolina | #371 | 5 | 1 in 4,889 |
| Georgia | #394 | 7 | 1 in 5,241 |
| Michigan | #416 | 6 | 1 in 9,771 |
| California | #544 | 7 | 1 in 11,691 |
| Texas | #569 | 11 | 1 in 7,086 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
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| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| 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 1943
Top girls' names in 1943
Top boys' names in 1943
More about 1943
girls
1,395,293 girls got a published name in 1943; 1 in 279,059 of them was named Claud, which outranked 12.6% of the 5,367 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 676 names at #4,691; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,427,297 boys got a published name in 1943; 1 in 13,993 of them was named Claud, which outranked 84.5% of the 4,040 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #623Nicky103
- #623Orlando103
- #623Rayford103
- #628Claud102
- #628Fletcher102
- #628Harmon102
- #628Ivory102
- #633Anderson101
- #633Bennett101
- #633Cletus101
Tied with 4 names at #628; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.