Klaus — #2399 US boys' name
1,408 babies named Klaus in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 83% of names given to boys today.
24% of everyone ever named Klaus was born in this single decade.
84 babies were named Klaus in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Klaus
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,408 babies named Klaus between 1953 and 2024, spanning 72 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Klaus currently holds the #2399 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 84 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Klaus performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 343 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Klaus shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 112 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Klaus in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Klaus 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 1,408 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.
Klaus at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Klaus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1953
- Peak year (2022)
- 84
- Annual births at peak — across 72 years of records
Currently ranks #2399 among boys.
1,408 total births across 72 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 84 births in a single year.
Klaus by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 343 births that decade — 24% of Klaus's all-time total
Klaus decade highlights
- Peak decade 343 births
- Runner-up 324 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Klaus's strongest decade
343 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Klaus by state
Where Klaus concentrates geographically — total births since 1953
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 112 | 8.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 31 | 2.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 28 | 2.0% |
| #4 | Minnesota | | 16 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 12 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 7 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Florida | | 5 | 0.4% |
112 of 1,408 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.0% of nationwide
- Texas 2.2% of nationwide
- New York 2.0% of nationwide
- Minnesota 1.1% of nationwide
- Illinois 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 7 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1953–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.