Claude
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Claude is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “lame”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 3,035th for boys in the US (40 babies).
What does Claude mean?
Latin: French form of the Roman family name Claudius
“lame”
Borne by the French painter Claude Monet, a founder of Impressionism.
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Is Claude a girl's or a boy's name?
Claude is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 40 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Claude in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,087among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Claude, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 1996, with 18 boys.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had more boys named Claude than any year since 1996.
Half of all the boys named Claude in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#83) and 1914 (#97).
Claude in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 11 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 10 | #1,814 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #1,690 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 18 | #852 |
How popular is Claude in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,035among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 40about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 40 boys in the US were named Claude, making it the 3,035th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,758th. Its busiest year was 1920, with 1,893 boys.
2025 had more boys named Claude than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Claude in the US since 1880 were born between 1919 and 1951, the years shaded on the chart below.
Claude in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,035 |
| 2024 | 35 | #3,333 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,115 |
| 2022 | 34 | #3,410 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,120 |
| 2020 | 44 | #2,758 |
| 2019 | 42 | #2,896 |
| 2018 | 51 | #2,506 |
| 2017 | 40 | #2,950 |
| 2016 | 55 | #2,365 |
| 2015 | 52 | #2,428 |
| 2014 | 42 | #2,803 |
| 2013 | 43 | #2,713 |
| 2012 | 45 | #2,677 |
| 2011 | 47 | #2,589 |
| 2010 | 55 | #2,323 |
| 2009 | 58 | #2,251 |
| 2008 | 66 | #2,087 |
| 2007 | 58 | #2,257 |
| 2006 | 62 | #2,101 |
| 2005 | 70 | #1,834 |
| 2004 | 65 | #1,876 |
| 2003 | 82 | #1,545 |
| 2002 | 70 | #1,679 |
| 2001 | 69 | #1,673 |
| 2000 | 99 | #1,297 |
| 1999 | 91 | #1,317 |
| 1998 | 93 | #1,285 |
| 1997 | 89 | #1,281 |
| 1996 | 108 | #1,105 |
| 1995 | 113 | #1,050 |
| 1994 | 119 | #1,013 |
| 1993 | 143 | #891 |
| 1992 | 142 | #884 |
| 1991 | 146 | #866 |
| 1990 | 151 | #829 |
| 1989 | 170 | #754 |
| 1988 | 181 | #695 |
| 1987 | 209 | #634 |
| 1986 | 177 | #676 |
| 1985 | 189 | #639 |
| 1984 | 188 | #622 |
| 1983 | 184 | #628 |
| 1982 | 235 | #560 |
| 1981 | 233 | #560 |
| 1980 | 268 | #524 |
| 1979 | 269 | #512 |
| 1978 | 262 | #498 |
| 1977 | 255 | #515 |
| 1976 | 268 | #484 |
| 1975 | 316 | #449 |
| 1974 | 319 | #443 |
| 1973 | 324 | #433 |
| 1972 | 362 | #417 |
| 1971 | 422 | #391 |
| 1970 | 447 | #383 |
| 1969 | 448 | #368 |
| 1968 | 530 | #332 |
| 1967 | 506 | #334 |
| 1966 | 547 | #317 |
| 1965 | 603 | #308 |
| 1964 | 717 | #293 |
| 1963 | 743 | #282 |
| 1962 | 701 | #292 |
| 1961 | 804 | #277 |
| 1960 | 837 | #277 |
| 1959 | 852 | #270 |
| 1958 | 951 | #253 |
| 1957 | 1,024 | #242 |
| 1956 | 1,003 | #231 |
| 1955 | 1,084 | #218 |
| 1954 | 1,142 | #208 |
| 1953 | 1,139 | #204 |
| 1952 | 1,144 | #197 |
| 1951 | 1,239 | #188 |
| 1950 | 1,253 | #177 |
| 1949 | 1,219 | #176 |
| 1948 | 1,346 | #168 |
| 1947 | 1,433 | #167 |
| 1946 | 1,306 | #163 |
| 1945 | 1,166 | #159 |
| 1944 | 1,289 | #154 |
| 1943 | 1,364 | #152 |
| 1942 | 1,314 | #149 |
| 1941 | 1,189 | #151 |
| 1940 | 1,194 | #145 |
| 1939 | 1,157 | #141 |
| 1938 | 1,311 | #131 |
| 1937 | 1,138 | #137 |
| 1936 | 1,225 | #132 |
| 1935 | 1,264 | #129 |
| 1934 | 1,264 | #130 |
| 1933 | 1,253 | #131 |
| 1932 | 1,352 | #126 |
| 1931 | 1,296 | #134 |
| 1930 | 1,481 | #122 |
| 1929 | 1,449 | #119 |
| 1928 | 1,533 | #116 |
| 1927 | 1,621 | #114 |
| 1926 | 1,714 | #106 |
| 1925 | 1,696 | #102 |
| 1924 | 1,706 | #103 |
| 1923 | 1,694 | #103 |
| 1922 | 1,806 | #97 |
| 1921 | 1,887 | #96 |
| 1920 | 1,893 | #92 |
| 1919 | 1,772 | #92 |
| 1918 | 1,878 | #95 |
| 1917 | 1,625 | #98 |
| 1916 | 1,733 | #93 |
| 1915 | 1,605 | #96 |
| 1914 | 1,284 | #93 |
| 1913 | 1,076 | #88 |
| 1912 | 890 | #89 |
| 1911 | 466 | #87 |
| 1910 | 463 | #78 |
| 1909 | 419 | #74 |
| 1908 | 428 | #69 |
| 1907 | 364 | #74 |
| 1906 | 346 | #73 |
| 1905 | 399 | #63 |
| 1904 | 337 | #70 |
| 1903 | 301 | #71 |
| 1902 | 336 | #68 |
| 1901 | 341 | #58 |
| 1900 | 433 | #59 |
| 1899 | 293 | #63 |
| 1898 | 371 | #59 |
| 1897 | 345 | #59 |
| 1896 | 398 | #54 |
| 1895 | 389 | #55 |
| 1894 | 419 | #53 |
| 1893 | 394 | #52 |
| 1892 | 353 | #62 |
| 1891 | 327 | #57 |
| 1890 | 347 | #57 |
| 1889 | 386 | #49 |
| 1888 | 374 | #55 |
| 1887 | 375 | #46 |
| 1886 | 391 | #48 |
| 1885 | 343 | #52 |
| 1884 | 353 | #54 |
| 1883 | 315 | #54 |
| 1882 | 356 | #50 |
| 1881 | 302 | #53 |
| 1880 | 309 | #56 |
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