Claud — boys' name

What the Data Says About Claud

The Social Security Administration has registered 10,893 babies named Claud between 1880 and 2010, spanning 131 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Claud currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 344 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Claud performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 2,726 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Claud shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,005 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Claud in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Claud in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 10,893 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.