Claude
French form of the Roman family name Claudius, which comes from the Latin claudus, meaning lame; a line of Roman emperors carried it.
Claude in 2025
Claude was given to 40 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 6,534th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 82,884 babies born.
The history of Claude
Claude reached its highest point in 1920, when 1,910 babies were given the name, ranking 224th that year. Its best-ever ranking was 125th, in 1882.
Across the 146 years of records since 1880, 92,289 babies have been named Claude. Half of them were born before 1933, which places the name's centre of gravity with the Silent Generation.
Claude by decade
| Decade | Babies named Claude | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,575 | 125 |
| 1890s | 3,730 | 160 |
| 1900s | 3,763 | 197 |
| 1910s | 12,908 | 205 |
| 1920s | 17,190 | 224 |
| 1930s | 12,865 | 267 |
| 1940s | 12,886 | 316 |
| 1950s | 10,917 | 388 |
| 1960s | 6,507 | 593 |
| 1970s | 3,301 | 831 |
| 1980s | 2,046 | 1,161 |
| 1990s | 1,200 | 1,937 |
| 2000s | 699 | 3,027 |
| 2010s | 472 | 5,239 |
| 2020s | 230 | 6,007 |
Where Claude is heading
Claude has fallen 23% over the past decade, from 52 babies in 2015 to 40 in 2025.
That is less than 5% of its 1920 peak — Claude is now a rare name in the United States.
Names like Claude
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Claude.