Claudia

#1,096 for girls in 2025, 219 births · Last seen for boys in 2002 at #10,667
Given to girls 99.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
1952 · 3,383 births
Debut · girls
48 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
128,318
since 1880

Claudia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Claudia has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #111, 1952girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,096219
2024#1,086227
2023#1,081229
2022#1,095228
2021#1,029246
2020#1,021246
2019#1,050244
2018#865313
2017#832326
2016#762374
2015#743379
2014#729384
2013#657434
2012#595485
2011#604475
2010#512585
2009#480642
2008#418771
2007#403814
2006#342966
2005#3131,022
2004#2701,202
2003#2511,303
2002#2241,396#10,6675
2001#2121,495
2000#2001,609
1999#1861,660#9,9125
1998#1791,706
1997#1671,837
1996#1741,807#6,4968
1995#1721,750
1994#1981,506#5,8689
1993#1831,593#4,44713
1992#1901,596#5,23610
1991#1911,569#3,10520
1990#1971,496#2,86522
1989#1921,417#3,09419
1988#2071,268#2,50923
1987#2061,304#2,83818
1986#1951,333#2,51021
1985#1931,398#2,50420
1984#1981,353#2,29222
1983#1951,353#2,78716
1982#1901,439#2,05926
1981#1811,530#2,68017
1980#1911,405#3,43012
1979#2031,308#3,16813
1978#2141,199#3,61410
1977#2061,233#3,20312
1976#1821,413#3,47110
1975#1801,444#2,90213
1974#1671,609#2,54915
1973#1761,566#2,51315
1972#2031,365
1971#2371,250#2,81312
1970#2521,228#2,29316
1969#2591,123#2,68211
1968#274994#4,1365
1967#282908#3,5596
1966#315797
1965#314820#3,2447
1964#291999#4,0395
1963#2911,005
1962#2901,000
1961#2641,161#4,0655
1960#2591,192#4,0385
1959#2211,424#3,2907
1958#2061,580#2,64210
1957#2041,663
1956#1861,915#3,9425
1955#1512,410#3,5056
1954#1452,515
1953#1262,858#3,4256
1952#1113,383
1951#1232,866#2,8448
1950#1262,536#2,7708
1949#1272,519#2,8028
1948#1222,624#2,44310
1947#1222,766#2,49810
1946#1242,308#2,27111
1945#1271,911#1,77215
1944#1202,220#2,6338
1943#1591,584
1942#1721,360#2,5239
1941#1851,019#3,1336
1940#205863#3,4595
1939#198901#2,4499
1938#208837#2,6468
1937#209795#3,5185
1936#207792#2,8547
1935#233719#3,6455
1934#274500#2,7428
1933#301411#3,2686
1932#347331
1931#330375#3,7635
1930#366338
1929#380312#2,9808
1928#349376#3,6976
1927#357361#4,2105
1926#337386#2,9049
1925#349376#4,1975
1924#350380#3,8676
1923#352356#3,8226
1922#324401#2,24014
1921#322419#2,26514
1920#329389#2,76510
1919#338355#3,3917
1918#309428#3,7286
1917#336342#2,56210
1916#320361#2,54310
1915#295387#2,8298
1914#309285
1913#310235
1912#301224
1911#293178
1910#335137
1909#290155
1908#306134
1907#290143
1906#278142
1905#304122
1904#327100
1903#31598
1902#31897
1901#33184
1900#293125#1,3105
1899#31689
1898#310103
1897#31685
1896#30492
1895#28896
1894#263108
1893#28089
1892#27295
1891#27681
1890#25895
1889#24888
1888#25581
1887#24374
1886#27059
1885#24667
1884#27550
1883#23458
1882#24749
1881#20852
1880#22348
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Claudia was already there! It came in at #223, and was given to 48 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1886, when fewer than 68 girls a year got the name.

See more about Claudia
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 10 spots since 2024 (#1,086#1,096)
  • 75 spots since 2020 (#1,021#1,096)
  • 353 spots since 2015 (#743#1,096)
  • Biggest jump: 46 spots in 1933 (#347#301)
  • Biggest drop: 185 spots in 2019 (#865#1,050)
Rise & fade · girls
72 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1952 at #111 (3,383 births)
  • Births halved by 1957, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 139 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 139 yrs · run 1880–2018
Share of babies · girls
1 in 548
  • Highest: 1 in 548 girls born in 1952 were named Claudia (0.18%)
  • Latest: 1 in 7,339 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 18.0% of all girls named Claudia (23,150) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s626#208 (1881)#245
1890s933#258 (1890)#288
1900s1,200#278 (1906)#305
1910s2,932#293 (1911)#315
1920s3,756#322 (1921)#345
1930s5,999#198 (1939)#267
1940s19,174#120 (1944)#146
1950s23,150#111 (1952)#160
1960s9,999#259 (1960)#284
1970s13,615#167 (1974)#202
1980s13,800#181 (1981)#195
1990s16,520#167 (1997)#184
2000s11,220#200 (2000)#311
2010s3,999#512 (2010)#735
2020s1,395#1,021 (2020)#1,068

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Claudia in 1920

girls
#329
389 births · 1 in 3,080 girls
boys
#2,765
10 births · 1 in 106,436 boys

Top girls' names in 1920

  1. #1Mary70,983
  2. #2Dorothy36,643
  3. #3Helen35,097
  4. #4Margaret27,994
  5. #5Ruth26,102
  6. #6Mildred18,060
  7. #7Virginia17,314
  8. #8Elizabeth15,908
  9. #9Frances15,883
  10. #10Anna14,581
  11. #329Claudia389

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #2,765Claudia10
More about 1920

girls

1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 3,080 of them was named Claudia, which outranked 94.3% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Claudia
  1. #326Dollie395
  2. #327Eliza392
  3. #328Corinne390
  4. #329Claudia389
  5. #329Loraine389
  6. #331Lily386
  7. #332Jimmie385
  8. #333Christina384

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 550Denise#1,481#931
  2. 321Blossom#1,242#921
  3. 311Lilia#1,242#931
  4. 302Ena#1,270#968
  5. 277Lorayne#1,216#939
Fallers
  1. 594Haruko#917#1,511
  2. 511Roselle#1,000#1,511
  3. 345Toshiko#967#1,312
  4. 304Carroll#902#1,206
  5. 297Santina#835#1,132

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 106,436 of them was named Claudia, which outranked 44.6% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Claudia
  1. #2,602Wray11
  2. #2,602Yoshito11
  3. #2,602Zigmond11
  4. #2,765Claudia10
  5. #2,765Abundio10
  6. #2,765Alban10
  7. #2,765Almus10
  8. #2,967Achille9
  9. #2,967Aggie9
  10. #2,967Alben9

Tied with 201 names at #2,765; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 960Harding#1,351#391
  2. 607Cameron#1,351#744
  3. 566Hardin#1,531#965
  4. 392Laurel#1,321#929
  5. 368Terrence#1,297#929
Fallers
  1. 789Pershing#593#1,382
  2. 580Woodroe#877#1,457
  3. 385Quinten#867#1,252
  4. 383Orvel#890#1,273
  5. 373Rexford#927#1,300

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1920