Claude

Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys

Meaning

Claude is a French given name originating from the Latin name Claudius meaning "crippled" or "lame". In French, it is used for both men and women. In English, it is mostly used for men; it is an uncommon given name for women or a family name.

From Wikipedia

Claude first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1920 with 1,893 babies (rank #92 that year). In 2024 it was given to 35 boys (rank #3,332). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Claude

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Claude yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

1Destiny numberThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
9Soul urgeThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
1PersonalityThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

92,252

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

1,893

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Claude

Claude Debussymusic critic · b. 1862
Claude Lévi-Straussmythographer · b. 1908
Claude Simonnovelist · b. 1913
Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simoncivil engineer · b. 1760
Claude Bernardepistemologist · b. 1813

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	309	#56
1881	302	#53
1882	356	#50
1883	315	#54
1884	353	#54
1885	343	#52
1886	391	#48
1887	375	#46
1888	374	#55
1889	386	#49
1890	347	#57
1891	327	#57
1892	353	#62
1893	394	#52
1894	419	#53
1895	389	#55
1896	398	#54
1897	345	#59
1898	371	#59
1899	293	#63
1900	433	#59
1901	341	#58
1902	336	#68
1903	301	#71
1904	337	#70
1905	399	#63
1906	346	#73
1907	364	#74
1908	428	#69
1909	419	#74
1910	463	#78
1911	466	#87
1912	890	#89
1913	1,076	#88
1914	1,284	#93
1915	1,605	#96
1916	1,733	#93
1917	1,625	#98
1918	1,878	#95
1919	1,772	#92
1920	1,893	#92
1921	1,887	#96
1922	1,806	#97
1923	1,694	#103
1924	1,706	#103
1925	1,696	#102
1926	1,714	#106
1927	1,621	#114
1928	1,533	#116
1929	1,449	#119
1930	1,481	#122
1931	1,296	#134
1932	1,352	#126
1933	1,253	#131
1934	1,264	#130
1935	1,264	#129
1936	1,225	#132
1937	1,138	#137
1938	1,311	#131
1939	1,157	#141
1940	1,194	#145
1941	1,189	#151
1942	1,314	#149
1943	1,364	#152
1944	1,289	#154
1945	1,166	#159
1946	1,306	#163
1947	1,433	#167
1948	1,345	#168
1949	1,220	#176
1950	1,253	#177
1951	1,239	#188
1952	1,144	#197
1953	1,139	#204
1954	1,142	#208
1955	1,084	#218
1956	1,004	#231
1957	1,024	#242
1958	951	#253
1959	852	#270
1960	838	#277
1961	803	#277
1962	701	#292
1963	743	#282
1964	718	#293
1965	603	#308
1966	548	#316
1967	506	#334
1968	530	#332
1969	448	#368
1970	447	#383
1971	422	#391
1972	362	#417
1973	324	#434
1974	319	#443
1975	317	#449
1976	268	#484
1977	255	#515
1978	262	#498
1979	268	#514
1980	268	#524
1981	233	#560
1982	235	#560
1983	184	#628
1984	188	#622
1985	189	#639
1986	177	#677
1987	209	#634
1988	181	#696
1989	170	#757
1990	151	#836
1991	146	#870
1992	142	#889
1993	143	#898
1994	119	#1,017
1995	113	#1,055
1996	108	#1,108
1997	89	#1,286
1998	93	#1,288
1999	91	#1,321
2000	99	#1,302
2001	69	#1,679
2002	70	#1,684
2003	82	#1,551
2004	65	#1,885
2005	70	#1,842
2006	62	#2,109
2007	58	#2,263
2008	66	#2,093
2009	58	#2,258
2010	55	#2,332
2011	47	#2,594
2012	45	#2,685
2013	43	#2,722
2014	42	#2,815
2015	52	#2,432
2016	55	#2,368
2017	40	#2,965
2018	51	#2,515
2019	42	#2,903
2020	44	#2,768
2021	38	#3,133
2022	34	#3,423
2023	39	#3,126
2024	35	#3,332