Klaus
#3,800 most common boys' name of all time · #9,260 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1953–2025
Rank among boys
#3,800
Rank overall
#9,260 of 105,966
First appeared
1953
Years on the list
70 of 146
All-time
1,471
Since 2016
598
Peak year
2022 #1,881
Best rank
#1,364 1968
Girls
Boys
peak 84/yr
Klaus first appears in 1953. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 63 | 63 | #2,237 |
| 2024 | — | 58 | 58 | #2,402 |
| 2023 | — | 65 | 65 | #2,198 |
| 2022 | — | 84 | 84 | #1,881 |
| 2021 | — | 77 | 77 | #1,950 |
| 2020 | — | 59 | 59 | #2,304 |
| 2019 | — | 69 | 69 | #2,093 |
| 2018 | — | 43 | 43 | #2,805 |
| 2017 | — | 54 | 54 | #2,395 |
| 2016 | — | 26 | 26 | #4,026 |
| 2015 | — | 39 | 39 | #2,991 |
| 2014 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,922 |
| 2013 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,687 |
| 2012 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,300 |
| 2011 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,664 |
| 2010 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,094 |
| 2009 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,602 |
| 2008 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 2007 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,979 |
| 2006 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,358 |
| 2005 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,224 |
| 2003 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,851 |
| 2001 | — | 18 | 18 | #4,351 |
| 2000 | — | 18 | 18 | #4,259 |
| 1999 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,192 |
| 1998 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,797 |
| 1996 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,219 |
| 1995 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,062 |
| 1994 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,916 |
| 1993 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,309 |
| 1992 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,666 |
| 1991 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,242 |
| 1990 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,135 |
| 1989 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,479 |
| 1988 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,417 |
| 1987 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,162 |
| 1986 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,533 |
| 1985 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,694 |
| 1984 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,365 |
| 1983 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,327 |
| 1982 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,777 |
| 1981 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,196 |
| 1980 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,910 |
| 1979 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,612 |
| 1978 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,999 |
| 1977 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,837 |
| 1976 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,562 |
| 1975 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,569 |
| 1974 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,625 |
| 1973 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,484 |
| 1972 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,307 |
| 1971 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,931 |
| 1970 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,370 |
| 1969 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,853 |
| 1968 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,364 |
| 1967 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,606 |
| 1966 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,578 |
| 1965 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,511 |
| 1964 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,653 |
| 1963 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,790 |
| 1962 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,112 |
| 1961 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,875 |
| 1960 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,811 |
| 1959 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,407 |
| 1958 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,635 |
| 1957 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,951 |
| 1956 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,090 |
| 1955 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,859 |
| 1954 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,448 |
| 1953 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,416 |