How rare is the name Klaus?

3,606 people in the United States have the first name Klaus, about 1 in 83,758. It ranks #4,934 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

KLAUS

#4,934

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,606
About
1 in 83,758
This common or more
84.7%
Who bears it

Of the 3,606 people named Klaus, 89.7% reported their origin as White, 5.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 1.9% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Klaus peaked in 2022, when 84 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19532025
Peak year
2022
Births that year
84
In 2025*
63 ▼25%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,471 babies have been given the name since 1953. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Klaus by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #4,029. The largest share of babies named Klaus, 47%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#6,44183
1960s#4,029232
1970s#7,257124
1980s#9,967101
1990s#14,13687
2000s#14,982114
2010s#7,582324
2020s#4,581406
Baby boom 1946–6412.6%
Generation X 1965–8018.4%
Millennials 1981–9610.5%
Generation Z 1997–1211.6%
2013 and later47%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Exactly as common as Klaus

2 other first names also have 3,606 people.

#4,934 Savion · 3,606#4,934 Xenia · 3,606

Either side of Klaus

#4,932 Aislinn · 3,609#4,932 Tremaine · 3,609#4,934 Savion · 3,606#4,934 Xenia · 3,606

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Klaus, most common first.

#39,013 Klaas · 195

Also a last name

As a last name, Klaus ranks #6,403 of 156,621, with 5,108 people. See Klaus as a last name

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