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Baby name
Claude
Boy
Origin of the name
Claude comes from the Latin Claudius, the name of a great Roman family, the Claudii, to which the emperor Claudius belonged. The name probably comes from claudus, “lame.”
Classic name
91,337births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 92rank at its peak, in 1920
Where babies named Claude are born
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Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Claude is most common in Tennessee (2.6 times), Virginia (2.5) and Mississippi (2.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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