Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Claude

#334 most common boys' name of all time · #735 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#334
Rank overall
#735 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
92,289
Since 2016
418
Peak year
1920 #92
Best rank
#46 1887
Girls Boys peak 1,910/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Claude is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 40 40 #3,036
2024 35 35 #3,335
2023 39 39 #3,117
2022 34 34 #3,412
2021 38 38 #3,121
2020 44 44 #2,759
2019 42 42 #2,897
2018 51 51 #2,507
2017 40 40 #2,951
2016 55 55 #2,365
2015 52 52 #2,429
2014 42 42 #2,805
2013 43 43 #2,715
2012 45 45 #2,678
2011 47 47 #2,590
2010 55 55 #2,324
2009 58 58 #2,252
2008 66 66 #2,088
2007 58 58 #2,257
2006 62 62 #2,102
2005 70 70 #1,838
2004 65 65 #1,880
2003 82 82 #1,548
2002 70 70 #1,682
2001 69 69 #1,677
2000 99 99 #1,300
1999 91 91 #1,320
1998 93 93 #1,288
1997 89 89 #1,284
1996 108 108 #1,107
1995 113 113 #1,053
1994 119 119 #1,017
1993 5 143 148 #893
1992 142 142 #887
1991 146 146 #870
1990 151 151 #834
1989 170 170 #757
1988 181 181 #695
1987 209 209 #634
1986 177 177 #676
1985 189 189 #639
1984 188 188 #622
1983 184 184 #628
1982 235 235 #560
1981 7 233 240 #560
1980 5 268 273 #524
1979 8 269 277 #512
1978 262 262 #498
1977 255 255 #515
1976 7 268 275 #484
1975 6 316 322 #449
1974 8 319 327 #443
1973 5 324 329 #433
1972 9 362 371 #417
1971 8 422 430 #391
1970 6 447 453 #383
1969 8 448 456 #368
1968 5 530 535 #332
1967 7 506 513 #334
1966 7 547 554 #317
1965 603 603 #308
1964 9 717 726 #293
1963 6 743 749 #282
1962 6 701 707 #292
1961 10 804 814 #277
1960 13 837 850 #277
1959 14 852 866 #270
1958 7 951 958 #253
1957 6 1,024 1,030 #242
1956 10 1,003 1,013 #231
1955 8 1,084 1,092 #218
1954 6 1,142 1,148 #208
1953 11 1,139 1,150 #204
1952 6 1,144 1,150 #197
1951 9 1,239 1,248 #188
1950 9 1,253 1,262 #177
1949 8 1,219 1,227 #176
1948 9 1,346 1,355 #168
1947 7 1,433 1,440 #167
1946 9 1,306 1,315 #163
1945 1,166 1,166 #159
1944 11 1,289 1,300 #154
1943 8 1,364 1,372 #152
1942 6 1,314 1,320 #149
1941 1,189 1,189 #151
1940 8 1,194 1,202 #145
1939 13 1,157 1,170 #141
1938 8 1,311 1,319 #131
1937 7 1,138 1,145 #137
1936 15 1,225 1,240 #132
1935 12 1,264 1,276 #129
1934 8 1,264 1,272 #130
1933 11 1,253 1,264 #131
1932 21 1,352 1,373 #126
1931 14 1,296 1,310 #134
1930 15 1,481 1,496 #122
1929 26 1,449 1,475 #119
1928 23 1,533 1,556 #116
1927 14 1,621 1,635 #114
1926 22 1,714 1,736 #106
1925 16 1,696 1,712 #102
1924 15 1,706 1,721 #103
1923 18 1,694 1,712 #103
1922 20 1,806 1,826 #97
1921 20 1,887 1,907 #96
1920 17 1,893 1,910 #92
1919 13 1,772 1,785 #92
1918 19 1,878 1,897 #95
1917 13 1,625 1,638 #98
1916 9 1,733 1,742 #93
1915 13 1,605 1,618 #96
1914 13 1,284 1,297 #93
1913 13 1,076 1,089 #88
1912 8 890 898 #89
1911 6 466 472 #87
1910 9 463 472 #78
1909 8 419 427 #74
1908 5 428 433 #69
1907 5 364 369 #74
1906 6 346 352 #73
1905 399 399 #63
1904 9 337 346 #70
1903 8 301 309 #71
1902 6 336 342 #68
1901 341 341 #58
1900 12 433 445 #59
1899 7 293 300 #63
1898 11 371 382 #59
1897 16 345 361 #59
1896 9 398 407 #54
1895 13 389 402 #55
1894 419 419 #53
1893 9 394 403 #52
1892 10 353 363 #62
1891 7 327 334 #58
1890 12 347 359 #57
1889 5 386 391 #49
1888 8 374 382 #55
1887 8 375 383 #46
1886 10 391 401 #48
1885 7 343 350 #52
1884 353 353 #54
1883 6 315 321 #54
1882 8 356 364 #50
1881 9 302 311 #53
1880 10 309 319 #56