Klaus
Klaus is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 58 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 580.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 202284 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1953
- 1,408people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,408 boys have been named Klaus in the United States since 1953, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 84 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2007, and the 2020s alone account for 24%.
By decade
In 2022, its biggest year
Klaus was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2022 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2022.
Names that rose and fell with Klaus
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Wespeak 2024
- Hankpeak 2024
- Fitzgeraldpeak 1964
- Rorypeak 2024
- Kalpeak 2021
- Rainerpeak 2018
- Flintpeak 1959
- Bjornpeak 2024
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.