Clay vs Claude

Side-by-side comparison of Clay and Claude - popularity rank, total births, peak decade, and historical trends from Social Security Administration data.

Name A

Clay

Boy name · Rank #544

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Name B

Claude

Boy name · Rank #3335

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Metric Clay Claude
Current Rank #544 #3335
Total Births (all years) 40,252 91,337
Peak Year 1960 1920
Peak Year Births 904 1,893
Peak Decade 1990s 1920s
Gender Boy Boy
First Recorded Year 1880 1880

Births by Decade

Decade Clay Claude
1880s 245 3,504
1890s 292 3,636
1900s 323 3,704
1910s 1,015 12,792
1920s 1,453 16,999
1930s 1,188 12,741
1940s 1,295 12,820
1950s 4,336 10,831
1960s 5,717 6,436
1970s 4,330 3,244
1980s 4,015 2,034
1990s 5,806 1,195
2000s 4,096 699
2010s 3,266 472
2020s 2,875 230

Recent Annual Births (2014–present)

Year Clay Claude
2014 269 42
2015 342 52
2016 339 55
2017 355 40
2018 353 51
2019 376 42
2020 417 44
2021 451 38
2022 453 34
2023 494 39
2024 545 35
2025 515 40

Data Sources

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, ssa.gov/oact/babynames.
Source: SSA Annual Name Rankings, 1880–2025.

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