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
- Peak · boys
- 1887 · 375 births
- Debut · boys
- 309 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 43 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 91,337since 1880
Claude over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | #3,036 | 40 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,335 | 35 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,117 | 39 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,412 | 34 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,121 | 38 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,759 | 44 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,897 | 42 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,507 | 51 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,951 | 40 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,365 | 55 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,429 | 52 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,805 | 42 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,715 | 43 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,678 | 45 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,590 | 47 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,324 | 55 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,252 | 58 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,088 | 66 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,257 | 58 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,102 | 62 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,838 | 70 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,880 | 65 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,548 | 82 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,682 | 70 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,677 | 69 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,300 | 99 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,320 | 91 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,288 | 93 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,284 | 89 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,107 | 108 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,053 | 113 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,017 | 119 | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #893 | 143 |
| 1992 | — | #887 | 142 | |
| 1991 | — | #870 | 146 | |
| 1990 | — | #833 | 151 | |
| 1989 | — | #757 | 170 | |
| 1988 | — | #695 | 181 | |
| 1987 | — | #634 | 209 | |
| 1986 | — | #676 | 177 | |
| 1985 | — | #639 | 189 | |
| 1984 | — | #622 | 188 | |
| 1983 | — | #628 | 184 | |
| 1982 | — | #560 | 235 | |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #560 | 233 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #524 | 268 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | #512 | 269 |
| 1978 | — | #498 | 262 | |
| 1977 | — | #515 | 255 | |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #484 | 268 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #449 | 316 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #443 | 319 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #433 | 324 |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | #417 | 362 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | #391 | 422 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #383 | 447 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | #368 | 448 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #332 | 530 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | #334 | 506 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | #317 | 547 |
| 1965 | — | #308 | 603 | |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | #293 | 717 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | #282 | 743 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #292 | 701 |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 | #277 | 804 |
| 1960 | #3,512 | 13 | #277 | 837 |
| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 | #270 | 852 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | #253 | 951 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #242 | 1,024 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | #231 | 1,003 |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 | #218 | 1,084 |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | #208 | 1,142 |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 | #204 | 1,139 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | #197 | 1,144 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 | #188 | 1,239 |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 | #177 | 1,253 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | #176 | 1,219 |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | #168 | 1,346 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | #167 | 1,433 |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 | #163 | 1,306 |
| 1945 | — | #159 | 1,166 | |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 | #154 | 1,289 |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 | #152 | 1,364 |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #149 | 1,314 |
| 1941 | — | #151 | 1,189 | |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | #145 | 1,194 |
| 1939 | #2,300 | 13 | #141 | 1,157 |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | #131 | 1,311 |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 | #137 | 1,138 |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 | #132 | 1,225 |
| 1935 | #2,439 | 12 | #129 | 1,264 |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 | #130 | 1,264 |
| 1933 | #2,540 | 11 | #131 | 1,253 |
| 1932 | #1,685 | 21 | #126 | 1,352 |
| 1931 | #2,205 | 14 | #134 | 1,296 |
| 1930 | #2,202 | 15 | #122 | 1,481 |
| 1929 | #1,526 | 26 | #119 | 1,449 |
| 1928 | #1,738 | 23 | #116 | 1,533 |
| 1927 | #2,433 | 14 | #114 | 1,621 |
| 1926 | #1,830 | 22 | #106 | 1,714 |
| 1925 | #2,283 | 16 | #102 | 1,696 |
| 1924 | #2,409 | 15 | #103 | 1,706 |
| 1923 | #2,091 | 18 | #103 | 1,694 |
| 1922 | #1,957 | 20 | #97 | 1,806 |
| 1921 | #1,988 | 20 | #96 | 1,887 |
| 1920 | #2,172 | 17 | #92 | 1,893 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 | #92 | 1,772 |
| 1918 | #1,963 | 19 | #95 | 1,878 |
| 1917 | #2,428 | 13 | #98 | 1,625 |
| 1916 | #3,031 | 9 | #93 | 1,733 |
| 1915 | #2,255 | 13 | #96 | 1,605 |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | #93 | 1,284 |
| 1913 | #1,670 | 13 | #88 | 1,076 |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | #89 | 890 |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 | #87 | 466 |
| 1910 | #1,634 | 9 | #78 | 463 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | #74 | 419 |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | #69 | 428 |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | #74 | 364 |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | #73 | 346 |
| 1905 | — | #63 | 399 | |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 | #70 | 337 |
| 1903 | #1,318 | 8 | #71 | 301 |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | #68 | 336 |
| 1901 | — | #58 | 341 | |
| 1900 | #1,106 | 12 | #59 | 433 |
| 1899 | #1,278 | 7 | #63 | 293 |
| 1898 | #1,047 | 11 | #59 | 371 |
| 1897 | #786 | 16 | #59 | 345 |
| 1896 | #1,122 | 9 | #54 | 398 |
| 1895 | #893 | 13 | #55 | 389 |
| 1894 | — | #53 | 419 | |
| 1893 | #1,023 | 9 | #52 | 394 |
| 1892 | #958 | 10 | #62 | 353 |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 | #57 | 327 |
| 1890 | #791 | 12 | #57 | 347 |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 | #49 | 386 |
| 1888 | #959 | 8 | #55 | 374 |
| 1887 | #860 | 8 | #46 | 375 |
| 1886 | #731 | 10 | #48 | 391 |
| 1885 | #842 | 7 | #52 | 343 |
| 1884 | — | #54 | 353 | |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 | #54 | 315 |
| 1882 | #678 | 8 | #50 | 356 |
| 1881 | #582 | 9 | #53 | 302 |
| 1880 | #547 | 10 | #56 | 309 |
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.
Where Claude is popular in 1929
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Virginia#52 · 1 in 262
- Tennessee#55 · 1 in 300
- North Carolina#56 · 1 in 302
- Georgia#61 · 1 in 310
- Kentucky#65 · 1 in 356
Best ever in a state: #27 in Tennessee, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #52 | 83 | 1 in 262 |
| Tennessee | #55 | 81 | 1 in 300 |
| North Carolina | #56 | 110 | 1 in 302 |
| Georgia | #61 | 87 | 1 in 310 |
| Kentucky | #65 | 69 | 1 in 356 |
| South Carolina | #71 | 49 | 1 in 347 |
| West Virginia | #73 | 44 | 1 in 380 |
| Mississippi | #82 | 46 | 1 in 410 |
| District of Columbia | #84 | 7 | 1 in 476 |
| New Hampshire | #93 | 6 | 1 in 531 |
| Alabama | #95 | 56 | 1 in 478 |
| Louisiana | #97 | 44 | 1 in 432 |
| Kansas | #98 | 32 | 1 in 447 |
| Texas | #99 | 125 | 1 in 463 |
| Arkansas | #100 | 37 | 1 in 450 |
| Oklahoma | #100 | 47 | 1 in 464 |
| Florida | #111 | 21 | 1 in 550 |
| Indiana | #114 | 35 | 1 in 716 |
| Oregon | #124 | 8 | 1 in 680 |
| Maryland | #126 | 12 | 1 in 1,005 |
| Washington | #128 | 13 | 1 in 722 |
| Michigan | #131 | 42 | 1 in 1,003 |
| South Dakota | #132 | 9 | 1 in 633 |
| Missouri | #134 | 34 | 1 in 800 |
| Colorado | #135 | 12 | 1 in 689 |
| Maine | #137 | 8 | 1 in 745 |
| New Jersey | #137 | 21 | 1 in 1,378 |
| Wisconsin | #137 | 26 | 1 in 922 |
| Pennsylvania | #148 | 52 | 1 in 1,545 |
| Ohio | #160 | 38 | 1 in 1,336 |
| California | #167 | 37 | 1 in 983 |
| New York | #169 | 55 | 1 in 1,730 |
| Illinois | #177 | 38 | 1 in 1,502 |
| Minnesota | #179 | 14 | 1 in 1,400 |
| Iowa | #195 | 12 | 1 in 1,574 |
| Massachusetts | #294 | 5 | 1 in 6,295 |
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| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| 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 Claude
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1887 at #46 (375 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 96 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 43 yrs · run 1880–1922
- Top 1,000: 114 yrs · run 1880–1993
- Highest: 1 in 270 boys born in 1887 were named Claude (0.37%)
- Latest: 1 in 42,702 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 18.6% of all boys named Claude (16,999) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,504 | #46 (1887) | #52 |
| 1890s | 3,636 | #52 (1893) | #57 |
| 1900s | 3,704 | #58 (1901) | #68 |
| 1910s | 12,792 | #78 (1910) | #91 |
| 1920s | 16,999 | #92 (1920) | #105 |
| 1930s | 12,741 | #122 (1930) | #131 |
| 1940s | 12,820 | #145 (1940) | #158 |
| 1950s | 10,831 | #177 (1950) | #219 |
| 1960s | 6,436 | #277 (1960) | #308 |
| 1970s | 3,244 | #383 (1970) | #453 |
| 1980s | 2,034 | #524 (1980) | #630 |
| 1990s | 1,195 | #833 (1990) | #1,055 |
| 2000s | 699 | #1,300 (2000) | #1,862 |
| 2010s | 472 | #2,324 (2010) | #2,626 |
| 2020s | 230 | #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 1929
Top girls' names in 1929
Top boys' names in 1929
More about 1929
girls
1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 42,945 of them was named Claude, which outranked 71.1% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,487Thresa27
- #1,487Veta27
- #1,487Zettie27
- #1,526Claude26
- #1,526Alean26
- #1,526Alexandria26
- #1,526Arizona26
- #1,555Aloha25
- #1,555Alvena25
- #1,555Alverda25
Tied with 28 names at #1,526; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 742 of them was named Claude, which outranked 97.4% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.