Boys' name · peaked in 1887
Claude name popularity since 1925
59,237 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Claude (0.9% girls, 99.1% boys). Half of them were born in 1946 or earlier, so the typical Claude is about 80 years old in 2026. Claude peaked in 1887 as the #46 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 59,237
- Named Claude, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1887
- #46 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #3,044 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.1% boys
- 522 girls · 58,715 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 2.72× its national share
Peak year is the year Claude made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Claude births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1926. Measured as a share of all babies, Claude peaked earlier, in 1887.
- Steepest fall: Between 1987 and 1992, Claude's share of baby boys fell by 36%, from 1 in 8,930 to 1 in 14,100.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Claude's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Claude.
Decade by decade
Babies named Claude in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 101 | 8,013 | – |
| 1930s | 124 | 12,741 | #129 |
| 1940s | 66 | 12,820 | #159 |
| 1950s | 86 | 10,831 | #218 |
| 1960s | 71 | 6,436 | #308 |
| 1970s | 57 | 3,244 | #449 |
| 1980s | 12 | 2,034 | #639 |
| 1990s | 5 | 1,195 | #1,055 |
| 2000s | 0 | 699 | #1,842 |
| 2010s | 0 | 472 | #2,433 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 230 | #3,044 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
39.6% of babies named Claude from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Claude is most popular
The index compares Claude's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Claude.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 2.72× | 1,836 |
| Louisiana | 2.65× | 2,649 |
| Tennessee | 2.52× | 2,959 |
| South Carolina | 2.50× | 1,950 |
| Virginia | 2.47× | 3,097 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Claude and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Claude (this page) | 58,715 | 1887 |
| Claud | 4,681 | 1885 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Claude's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Claude.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Claude (1887).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data