Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Claude

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Claude
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.2% from peak

Peak era

1920

Peak rank proxy

1,893

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19202024

Peak year

1920

Decline from peak

98.2%

2024

All-time

91,300

Claude once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1920, when 1,893 boys were named Claude.

In 2024, only 35 boys were given the name.

Down 98.2% from its peak.

All told, about 91,300 Americans have been named Claude and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.2% from peak

19201,893 boys named Claude

202435 boys named Claude

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