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.

Claus

#8,677 most common boys' name of all time · #21,928 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–1980

Rank among boys
#8,677
Rank overall
#21,928 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
366
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1916 #2,163
Best rank
#763 1880
Girls Boys peak 13/yr
188019001920194019601980

Claus 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
1980 — 5 5 #6,287
1969 — 6 6 #3,966
1968 — 6 6 #3,701
1967 — 6 6 #3,582
1966 — 6 6 #3,560
1965 — 9 9 #2,795
1964 — 7 7 #3,309
1963 — 10 10 #2,690
1962 — 5 5 #4,068
1961 — 9 9 #2,919
1960 — 5 5 #4,062
1959 — 11 11 #2,543
1958 — 6 6 #3,593
1957 — 8 8 #3,045
1956 — 11 11 #2,508
1955 — 8 8 #2,980
1954 — 5 5 #3,857
1952 — 6 6 #3,395
1949 — 5 5 #3,720
1941 — 6 6 #3,164
1936 — 11 11 #2,199
1934 — 7 7 #2,998
1932 — 7 7 #3,119
1931 — 6 6 #3,407
1930 — 7 7 #3,303
1929 — 8 8 #3,006
1927 — 5 5 #4,240
1926 — 7 7 #3,403
1925 — 12 12 #2,451
1924 — 9 9 #3,034
1923 — 8 8 #3,195
1922 — 8 8 #3,273
1921 — 8 8 #3,234
1920 — 5 5 #4,315
1919 — 8 8 #3,132
1918 — 6 6 #3,755
1917 — 7 7 #3,230
1916 — 13 13 #2,163
1915 — 6 6 #3,417
1914 — 5 5 #3,285
1913 — 6 6 #2,522
1912 — 7 7 #2,071
1911 — 5 5 #1,773
1907 — 6 6 #1,234
1901 — 5 5 #1,099
1898 — 8 8 #836
1895 — 6 6 #1,001
1891 — 7 7 #797
1890 — 6 6 #921
1887 — 5 5 #964
1885 — 5 5 #983
1880 — 7 7 #763