# Klaus (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/klaus/  
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 | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,471 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,471 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 50, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 6,829 |
| 2012 | 9 | 8,564 |
| 2013 | 28 | 3,710 |
| 2014 | 26 | 3,968 |
| 2015 | 39 | 3,002 |
| 2016 | 26 | 4,052 |
| 2017 | 54 | 2,405 |
| 2018 | 43 | 2,824 |
| 2019 | 69 | 2,101 |
| 2020 | 59 | 2,309 |
| 2021 | 77 | 1,948 |
| 2022 | 84 | 1,880 |
| 2023 | 65 | 2,207 |
| 2024 | 58 | 2,407 |
| 2025 | 63 | 2,245 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 | 2,901 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |

## People named Klaus

- Klaus Ebner, Austrian writer
- Klaus Kinski, German actor (1926–1991)
- Klaus Schwab, German economist, founder of World Economic Forum
- Klaus Kinkel, Chairman of the FDP (1936-2019)
- Klaus Augenthaler, German football player and manager
- Klaus Fuchs, German-born British theoretical physicist and atomic spy (1911-1988)
- Klaus Maria Brandauer, Austrian actor and director
- Klaus Allofs, German football player and executive
- Klaus Roth, British mathematician (1925–2015)
- Klaus Schulze, German composer and musician (1947–2022)
- Klaus Fischer, German footballer
- Klaus Wolfermann, German athlete (1946–2024)

## 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.