Claud is a boy name with a classic feel, drawn from real birth records. Below you'll find what Claud means and where it comes from, plus how many babies have been named Claud across the United States, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, how popular Claud has been over the decades, and the year it peaked.
Claud is a boy name of Latin origin meaning “lame”. A variant of Claude, from the Roman family Claudius.
| Country | Births on record |
|---|---|
| United States since 1880 | 10,940 births |
Counts come from official national birth-registration statistics: U.S. Social Security Administration, England & Wales (Office for National Statistics), Scotland (National Records of Scotland), Northern Ireland (NISRA), Ireland (Central Statistics Office) and New Zealand (Dept. of Internal Affairs). Coverage spans differ, so totals aren't directly comparable across countries.
Babies named Claud per year, United States (1880 to 2010). United States peaked in 1919 (350/yr).
Claud has been a fairly common baby name in the United States. It was most common in 1919, when it ranked #635 nationally (given to 350 babies that year).
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