How Many People Are Named Claude?
people named Claude are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 12,292 people in the US has this name
Based on 92,289 babies named Claude in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,910 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
French masculine and feminine form of CLAUDIUS. In France the masculine name has been common since the Middle Ages due to the 7th-century Saint Claude of Besançon. It was imported to Britain in the 16th century by the aristocratic Hamilton family, who had French connections. A famous bearer of this name was the French impressionist painter Claude Monet (1840-1926).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Claude in English. Counting Claude and these spellings together, about 29,264 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Claude, 1% were girls and 99% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Claude alive today is about 63 years old, and 67% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 54 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Claude first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1920, to 1,910 babies. In 2025, 40 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Claude never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #46, in 1887, and it was in the top 100 for 43 years, 1880 to 1922. In 2025 it ranked #3,043.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,043 |
| Best rank | #46 (1887) |
| Years in the top 100 | 43 (1880 to 1922) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #105 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Claude alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Claude were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,910 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Claude was given 2.6 times as often in Virginia, 2.4 times in Tennessee and 2.3 times in Louisiana.
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