Names / Boy names
Claude
Current rank
#3,044
holding steady
All-time peak
#46
in 1887
First recorded
1880
in U.S. data
Children named
92,200
since 1880
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #46 in 1887 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Lame, enclosure. It makes its debut in American naming data in 1880. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. 1887 marked its high point, reaching #46. Over 92,200 have carried it since records began.