Klaus
- #2,230 for boys in 2025, 63 births
- Peak · boys
- 1968 · 33 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,471since 1953
Klaus over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Klaus has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,230 | 63 |
| 2024 | #2,393 | 58 |
| 2023 | #2,188 | 65 |
| 2022 | #1,875 | 84 |
| 2021 | #1,943 | 77 |
| 2020 | #2,292 | 59 |
| 2019 | #2,081 | 69 |
| 2018 | #2,796 | 43 |
| 2017 | #2,388 | 54 |
| 2016 | #3,990 | 26 |
| 2015 | #2,966 | 39 |
| 2014 | #3,891 | 26 |
| 2013 | #3,661 | 28 |
| 2012 | #8,158 | 9 |
| 2011 | #6,578 | 12 |
| 2010 | #5,047 | 18 |
| 2009 | #5,554 | 16 |
| 2008 | #6,763 | 12 |
| 2007 | #5,901 | 14 |
| 2006 | #5,303 | 16 |
| 2005 | #7,096 | 10 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,302 | 18 |
| 2000 | #4,204 | 18 |
| 1999 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | #4,227 | 14 |
| 1992 | #4,564 | 12 |
| 1991 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #3,440 | 13 |
| 1985 | #3,599 | 12 |
| 1984 | #3,270 | 13 |
| 1983 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1979 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #2,508 | 17 |
| 1975 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #2,549 | 15 |
| 1973 | #2,405 | 16 |
| 1972 | #2,243 | 17 |
| 1971 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #2,293 | 16 |
| 1969 | #1,810 | 21 |
| 1968 | #1,339 | 33 |
| 1967 | #1,573 | 24 |
| 1966 | #1,540 | 25 |
| 1965 | #1,483 | 27 |
| 1964 | #1,615 | 24 |
| 1963 | #1,744 | 21 |
| 1962 | #2,035 | 16 |
| 1961 | #1,823 | 20 |
| 1960 | #1,772 | 21 |
| 1959 | #2,295 | 13 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 11 |
| 1957 | #1,887 | 18 |
| 1956 | #2,015 | 16 |
| 1955 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #2,316 | 12 |
| 1953 | #3,143 | 7 |
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First appearance
1953
The first year at least five boys were named Klaus! It came in at #3,143, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1997, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Klaus is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Pennsylvania#1,094 · 1 in 8,710
- California#2,471 · 1 in 35,095
- Texas#2,574 · 1 in 35,010
Best ever in a state: #655 in Illinois, 1965.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Pennsylvania | #1,094 | 6 | 1 in 8,710 |
| California | #2,471 | 5 | 1 in 35,095 |
| Texas | #2,574 | 5 | 1 in 35,010 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 163 spots since 2024 (#2,393 → #2,230)
- 62 spots since 2020 (#2,292 → #2,230)
- 736 spots since 2015 (#2,966 → #2,230)
Rise & fade · boys
15 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1953
- Peaked 1968 at #1,339 (33 births)
- Births halved by 1970, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,786
- Highest: 1 in 20,786 boys born in 2022 were named Klaus (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 27,112 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,339 in 1968, was only 1 in 52,666 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 27.6% of all boys named Klaus (406) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1950s | 83 | #1,887 (1957) | #2,524 |
| 1960s | 232 | #1,339 (1968) | #1,673 |
| 1970s | 124 | #2,243 (1972) | #3,196 |
| 1980s | 101 | #2,831 (1980) | #4,323 |
| 1990s | 87 | #4,227 (1993) | #5,894 |
| 2000s | 114 | #4,204 (2000) | #5,730 |
| 2010s | 324 | #2,081 (2019) | #4,156 |
| 2020s | 406 | #1,875 (2022) | #2,154 |
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.
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