Claus

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Claus: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Claus: Recorded since 1945, it reached #213 in 1960, and it was last ranked in 2000.

1registrar recorded it
39times a registrar ranked it
56years from first to last
#213highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–2000

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Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#297
1947	#297
1949	#288
1951	#279
1952	#223
1954	#410
1955	#233
1956	#317
1957	#345
1958	#219
1959	#232
1960	#213
1961	#304
1962	#283
1963	#317
1964	#281
1965	#333
1966	#218
1967	#262
1968	#335
1969	#268
1970	#331
1971	#258
1972	#244
1973	#241
1974	#284
1975	#252
1976	#294
1977	#327
1978	#439
1979	#405
1980	#456
1982	#487
1983	#491
1984	#491
1987	#524
1989	#492
1996	#465
2000	#491

VerifiedSource: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name.Confidence: high.

See all Norway names · Source: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name

What the data shows

FallingNorway · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 39 of the 56 years from 1945 to 2000.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2000 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #297 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2000
Highest recorded position: #213 among boys in Norway, in 1960 (recorded 1945–2000).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2000
Most recently recorded at #491 among boys in Norway, in 2000.
Norway · Boys

Claus by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Claus in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	23	3 of 10	8
1950s	85	8 of 10	11
1960s	137	10 of 10	14
1970sbusiest	152	10 of 10	15
1980s	42	6 of 10	7
1990s	6	1 of 10	6
2000s	5	1 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 15 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Claus appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 2000. Highest recorded position: #213 in Norway in 1960.

Claus's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2000	Norway	male	#491	5	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#465	6	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#492	7	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#524	6	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#491	7	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#491	7	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#487	7	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#456	8	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#405	10	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#439	8	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#327	13	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#294	15	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#252	19	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#284	16	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#241	21	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#244	20	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#258	18	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#331	12	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#268	16	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#335	11	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#262	15	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#218	22	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#333	10	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#281	13	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#317	10	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#283	12	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#304	10	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#213	18	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#232	15	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#219	16	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#345	7	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#317	8	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#233	13	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#410	4	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#223	13	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#279	9	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#288	8	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#297	8	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#297	7	High	Verified

Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1945 and 2000, ranked in 39 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #213, first reached in 1960.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 22 births, registered in Norway in 1966.

Its record falls into 10 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Claudia · #36, 65y
Claudine · #232, 28y
Clay · #365, 30y
Clayton · #100, 35y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ole-Martin · #216, 38y
Edle · #209, 37y
Catrine · #218, 35y
Eigil · #208, 34y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Alise · #213, 53y
Mari-Ann · #213, 33y
Anne-Mari · #214, 26y
Carsten · #214, 57y

Claus was ranked #213 in Norway · Boys in 1960. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Claus and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Claus without appearing here.

Claus moved ahead of

Ronald Compare
In 1986 they stood at #491 and #396 in Norway · Boys; by 1987 that had become #524 and #639.
Harry Compare
In 1970 they stood at #331 and #260 in Norway · Boys; by 1971 that had become #258 and #359.
Kåre Compare
In 1999 they stood at #465 and #368 in Norway · Boys; by 2000 that had become #491 and #555.

Moved ahead of Claus

Espen Compare
In 1953 they stood at #223 and #249 in Norway · Boys; by 1954 that had become #410 and #124.
Joshua Compare
In 1995 they stood at #492 and #586 in Norway · Boys; by 1996 that had become #465 and #278.
Matthew Compare
In 1979 they stood at #405 and #505 in Norway · Boys; by 1980 that had become #456 and #281.
Glenn Compare
In 1953 they stood at #223 and #340 in Norway · Boys; by 1954 that had become #410 and #236.

Moved the opposite way to Claus

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2000 in Norway · Boys, Claus went from #297 to #491 while Aksel went from #174 to #104.
Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 2000 in Norway · Boys, Claus went from #297 to #491 while Anders went from #55 to #33.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 2000 in Norway · Boys, Claus went from #297 to #491 while Andreas went from #140 to #3.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 2000 in Norway · Boys, Claus went from #297 to #491 while Christian went from #161 to #29.

Moved the same way as Claus

Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 2000 in Norway · Boys, Claus went from #297 to #491 and Alfred from #127 to #389.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2000 in Norway · Boys, Claus went from #297 to #491 and Arild from #32 to #266.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2000 in Norway · Boys, Claus went from #297 to #491 and Arne from #6 to #166.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 2000 in Norway · Boys, Claus went from #297 to #491 and Arthur from #153 to #228.

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Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 2000. Highest recorded position: #213 in Norway in 1960. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Claus

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Claus by decade in Norway · Boys

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