Claud
Claud is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Claud Allister (1888–1970), English actor Claud Beelman (1883–1963), American architect Claud Irvine Boswell (1742–1824), Scottish judge Claud Thomas Bourchier (1831–1877), English recipient of the Victoria Cross Claud E.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Claud
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Claud is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Claud Allister (1888–1970), English actor Claud Beelman (1883–1963), American architect Claud Irvine Boswell (1742–1824), Scottish judge Claud Thomas Bourchier (1831–1877), English recipient of the Victoria Cross Claud E.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Claud
Claud first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1880, with 90 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1919, when 344 Clauds were born — ranking #291 that year. As of 2026, Claud ranks #12,230 for baby boys with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 11K Clauds have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Claud
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Names that sound like Claud
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About the name Claud
Claud is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 11K births in the dataset. Claud's peak popularity came in 1919 when it ranked #291. Use the chart and map above to compare Claud's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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