Claude — #3321 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Claude

The Social Security Administration has registered 91,300 babies named Claude between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Claude currently holds the #3321 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 1,893 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Claude performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 16,999 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Claude shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5,536 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Claude in 48 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Claude 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 91,300 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.