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Claude

Pronounced /ˈklɔːd/

Rank in 2024
#3,370
Born in 2024
35
Peak year
1920 · #92
Origin
Latin

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 35 boys were named Claude, about 1 in every 49,009.
  • It peaked in 1920 with 1,893 babies, ranked #92.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 91,300 boys have been named Claude since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Claude per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 1.8
    Greatest
  2. 1.1
    Silent
  3. 0.5
    Boomers
  4. 0.2
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 30,080 babies, 1.80 per 1,000. Silent: 23,239 babies, 1.13 per 1,000. Boomers: 19,939 babies, 0.53 per 1,000. Gen X: 6,147 babies, 0.23 per 1,000. Millennials: 2,688 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,119 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 515 babies, 0.02 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

In use from the 16th century. Borrowed from French Claude, from Latin Claudius, the name of a Roman gens. The clan name is traditionally said to be from Latin claudus (“lame”), but is most likely of Sabine origin.

  • (countable) A male given name from Latin.
Origin
Latin
Say it
/ˈklɔːd/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Claude, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyRising

    Clyde

    Rank
    #728
    Born '24
    359
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19202024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Claudio

    Rank
    #3,139
    Born '24
    39
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19962024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Claudie

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19202024