How Many People Are Named Claudette Colbert?

There are approximately 1 people named Claudette Colbert living in the United States today. That makes this name combination very rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans.

This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Claudette with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Colbert. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.

Estimated People with This Name

1 in 342,754,338 Americans

Combination Rarity

Very Rare

Very Rare Very Common

First Name

Claudette

Last Name

Colbert

Claudette: Popularity Over Time

Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Claudette. The peak year was 1936 with 709 births. The average person named Claudette today is 67 years old.

Male

Female

Ancestry of the First Name Claudette

In the 2020 Census, the first name Claudette was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (46.35%). The next largest recorded groups were Black (42.89%) and Hispanic (5.30%).

These percentages describe the people who had the first name Claudette in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.

Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Claudette rose or fell over time.

White

46.35%

Black

42.89%

Hispanic

5.30%

Asian/Pacific Islander

1.92%

American Indian/Alaska Native

0.89%

Two or More Races

2.65%

Ancestry of the Colbert Surname

The surname Colbert was most commonly recorded among people who identified as Black in the 2020 Census.

This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Colbert in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.

White

42.88%

Black

44.67%

Hispanic

3.57%

Asian/Pacific Islander

0.57%

American Indian/Alaska Native

1.71%

Two or More Races

6.60%

How we calculated this

The first name "Claudette" has an estimated frequency of < 0.0001% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.

The surname "Colbert" appears at a rate of 7.27 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.

We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Claudette are likely to be alive now.

Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 1 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.

Other people named Claudette

Claudette Smith Claudette Johnson Claudette Williams Claudette Brown Claudette Jones Claudette Garcia

Other people with the surname Colbert

Michael Colbert James Colbert John Colbert David Colbert Robert Colbert William Colbert Stephen Colbert

Claudette Colbert: Questions and Answers

How many people are named Claudette Colbert?

We estimate approximately 1 people named Claudette Colbert are alive in the United States today. The first name Claudette is shared by 10,463 Americans, and the surname Colbert is shared by 24,907.

How rare is the name Claudette Colbert?

This name combination is classified as Very Rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans. The first name Claudette is uncommon and the surname Colbert is uncommon.

Is Claudette a male or female name?

Claudette is predominantly female, with 0.1% of bearers being male and 99.9% female. It peaked in popularity in 1936 and the average bearer today is 67 years old.

What does the Census say about the first name Claudette?

In the 2020 Census, the first name Claudette was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (46.35%). The next largest recorded groups were Black (42.89%) and Hispanic (5.30%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.

Where does this data come from?

First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.

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