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.

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
1960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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