# Jean-Claude (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jean-claude/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 367 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 367 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 5 | 10,654 |
| 2000 | 14 | 5,153 |
| 2001 | 5 | 11,350 |
| 2002 | 6 | 9,957 |
| 2003 | 5 | 11,709 |
| 2004 | 7 | 9,385 |
| 2005 | 6 | 10,688 |
| 2006 | 5 | 12,895 |
| 2008 | 7 | 10,387 |
| 2009 | 6 | 11,623 |
| 2011 | 5 | 13,195 |
| 2012 | 7 | 10,194 |
| 2013 | 9 | 8,411 |
| 2022 | 5 | 13,188 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11,552 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 | 2,901 |

## People named Jean-Claude

- Jean-Claude Van Damme, Belgian actor and martial artist (born 1960)
- Jean-Claude Killy, French alpine skier
- Jean-Claude Carrière, French screenwriter and actor (1931-2021)
- Jean-Claude Trichet, French economist and central banker
- Jean-Claude Pascal, French comedian and singer
- Jean-Claude Brialy, French actor and director (1933-2007)
- Jean-Claude Turcotte, Canadian Catholic cardinal (1936-2015)
- Jean-Claude Mézières, French comic book artist and illustrator (1938-2022)
- Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant, French mathematician (*1797 – †1886)
- Jean-Claude Magnan, French fencer
- Jean-Claude Piumi, French footballer (1940-1996)
- Jean-Claude Gaudin, French politician (1939–2024)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.