NameTides

Klaus

Klaus was the #2,230 boys' name in the US in 2025 (63 babies), and #1,804 in Canada.

Klaus as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Klaus as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Klaus as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,230 (63)—#1,804 (11)
2024#2,393 (58)#3,255 (6)#2,238 (8)
2023#2,188 (65)#4,108 (4)#2,614 (6)
2022#1,875 (84)#4,790 (3)#2,229 (7)
2021#1,943 (77)#2,493 (8)—
2020#2,292 (59)#2,404 (8)#1,595 (11)
2019#2,081 (69)#4,702 (3)#1,835 (9)
2018#2,796 (43)#3,959 (4)—
2017#2,388 (54)#3,996 (4)—
2016#3,990 (26)#4,810 (3)—
2015#2,966 (39)#3,908 (4)#1,816 (9)
2014#3,891 (26)—#1,657 (10)
2013#3,661 (28)——
2012#8,158 (9)——
2011#6,578 (12)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #1,875.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1953.

How common is it?

about 1 in 27,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 27,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Klaus is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 31,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 25,000 to 1 in 37,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Klaus by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,094PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,471CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,574TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Klaus (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KlausCanadaBoys#1,80411
KlausEngland & WalesBoys—too few
KlausNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KlausUSBoys#2,23063