Klaus

Where Klaus comes from

The dictionaries list Klaus as a given name — a male given name from Ancient Greek, an alternative spelling of Claus — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Ancient Greek
Along the way
  1. 1953
    First appearance
    #3,143 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1968
    Peak, #1,339
    33 babies named Klaus — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1970
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,293.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek, an alternative spelling of Claus.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Klaus hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.