Boy
Claude
As a boy's name, Claude traces back to Latin, where it is understood to mean "Latin Claudius". It has not kept pace since its 1920s peak. In the current registry, it is a name plenty of people share. Its single strongest year on record was 1920.
LatinLatin "Claudius"
RomanRoman clan name meaning "lame"
Births by decade
1900s
3,763
1910s
12,908
1920s
17,188
1930s
12,866
1940s
12,880
1950s
10,916
1960s
6,507
1970s
3,300
1980s
2,044
1990s
1,200
2000s
699
2010s
377
Peaked in the 1920s · 84,648 total U.S. births since 1900