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
- Peak · girls
- 1952 · 3,383 births
- Debut · girls
- 48 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 128,318since 1880
Claudia over time
Rank among girls' names. Claudia has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,096 | 219 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,086 | 227 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,081 | 229 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,095 | 228 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,029 | 246 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,021 | 246 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,050 | 244 | — | |
| 2018 | #865 | 313 | — | |
| 2017 | #832 | 326 | — | |
| 2016 | #762 | 374 | — | |
| 2015 | #743 | 379 | — | |
| 2014 | #729 | 384 | — | |
| 2013 | #657 | 434 | — | |
| 2012 | #595 | 485 | — | |
| 2011 | #604 | 475 | — | |
| 2010 | #512 | 585 | — | |
| 2009 | #480 | 642 | — | |
| 2008 | #418 | 771 | — | |
| 2007 | #403 | 814 | — | |
| 2006 | #342 | 966 | — | |
| 2005 | #313 | 1,022 | — | |
| 2004 | #270 | 1,202 | — | |
| 2003 | #251 | 1,303 | — | |
| 2002 | #224 | 1,396 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #212 | 1,495 | — | |
| 2000 | #200 | 1,609 | — | |
| 1999 | #186 | 1,660 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #179 | 1,706 | — | |
| 1997 | #167 | 1,837 | — | |
| 1996 | #174 | 1,807 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #172 | 1,750 | — | |
| 1994 | #198 | 1,506 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #183 | 1,593 | #4,447 | 13 |
| 1992 | #190 | 1,596 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #191 | 1,569 | #3,105 | 20 |
| 1990 | #197 | 1,496 | #2,865 | 22 |
| 1989 | #192 | 1,417 | #3,094 | 19 |
| 1988 | #207 | 1,268 | #2,509 | 23 |
| 1987 | #206 | 1,304 | #2,838 | 18 |
| 1986 | #195 | 1,333 | #2,510 | 21 |
| 1985 | #193 | 1,398 | #2,504 | 20 |
| 1984 | #198 | 1,353 | #2,292 | 22 |
| 1983 | #195 | 1,353 | #2,787 | 16 |
| 1982 | #190 | 1,439 | #2,059 | 26 |
| 1981 | #181 | 1,530 | #2,680 | 17 |
| 1980 | #191 | 1,405 | #3,430 | 12 |
| 1979 | #203 | 1,308 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #214 | 1,199 | #3,614 | 10 |
| 1977 | #206 | 1,233 | #3,203 | 12 |
| 1976 | #182 | 1,413 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #180 | 1,444 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | #167 | 1,609 | #2,549 | 15 |
| 1973 | #176 | 1,566 | #2,513 | 15 |
| 1972 | #203 | 1,365 | — | |
| 1971 | #237 | 1,250 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #252 | 1,228 | #2,293 | 16 |
| 1969 | #259 | 1,123 | #2,682 | 11 |
| 1968 | #274 | 994 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #282 | 908 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #315 | 797 | — | |
| 1965 | #314 | 820 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #291 | 999 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #291 | 1,005 | — | |
| 1962 | #290 | 1,000 | — | |
| 1961 | #264 | 1,161 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #259 | 1,192 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #221 | 1,424 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #206 | 1,580 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #204 | 1,663 | — | |
| 1956 | #186 | 1,915 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #151 | 2,410 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #145 | 2,515 | — | |
| 1953 | #126 | 2,858 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #111 | 3,383 | — | |
| 1951 | #123 | 2,866 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #126 | 2,536 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #127 | 2,519 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | #122 | 2,624 | #2,443 | 10 |
| 1947 | #122 | 2,766 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #124 | 2,308 | #2,271 | 11 |
| 1945 | #127 | 1,911 | #1,772 | 15 |
| 1944 | #120 | 2,220 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | #159 | 1,584 | — | |
| 1942 | #172 | 1,360 | #2,523 | 9 |
| 1941 | #185 | 1,019 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #205 | 863 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #198 | 901 | #2,449 | 9 |
| 1938 | #208 | 837 | #2,646 | 8 |
| 1937 | #209 | 795 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #207 | 792 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #233 | 719 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | #274 | 500 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #301 | 411 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #347 | 331 | — | |
| 1931 | #330 | 375 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #366 | 338 | — | |
| 1929 | #380 | 312 | #2,980 | 8 |
| 1928 | #349 | 376 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | #357 | 361 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #337 | 386 | #2,904 | 9 |
| 1925 | #349 | 376 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #350 | 380 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #352 | 356 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #324 | 401 | #2,240 | 14 |
| 1921 | #322 | 419 | #2,265 | 14 |
| 1920 | #329 | 389 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #338 | 355 | #3,391 | 7 |
| 1918 | #309 | 428 | #3,728 | 6 |
| 1917 | #336 | 342 | #2,562 | 10 |
| 1916 | #320 | 361 | #2,543 | 10 |
| 1915 | #295 | 387 | #2,829 | 8 |
| 1914 | #309 | 285 | — | |
| 1913 | #310 | 235 | — | |
| 1912 | #301 | 224 | — | |
| 1911 | #293 | 178 | — | |
| 1910 | #335 | 137 | — | |
| 1909 | #290 | 155 | — | |
| 1908 | #306 | 134 | — | |
| 1907 | #290 | 143 | — | |
| 1906 | #278 | 142 | — | |
| 1905 | #304 | 122 | — | |
| 1904 | #327 | 100 | — | |
| 1903 | #315 | 98 | — | |
| 1902 | #318 | 97 | — | |
| 1901 | #331 | 84 | — | |
| 1900 | #293 | 125 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | #316 | 89 | — | |
| 1898 | #310 | 103 | — | |
| 1897 | #316 | 85 | — | |
| 1896 | #304 | 92 | — | |
| 1895 | #288 | 96 | — | |
| 1894 | #263 | 108 | — | |
| 1893 | #280 | 89 | — | |
| 1892 | #272 | 95 | — | |
| 1891 | #276 | 81 | — | |
| 1890 | #258 | 95 | — | |
| 1889 | #248 | 88 | — | |
| 1888 | #255 | 81 | — | |
| 1887 | #243 | 74 | — | |
| 1886 | #270 | 59 | — | |
| 1885 | #246 | 67 | — | |
| 1884 | #275 | 50 | — | |
| 1883 | #234 | 58 | — | |
| 1882 | #247 | 49 | — | |
| 1881 | #208 | 52 | — | |
| 1880 | #223 | 48 | — | |
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.
Where Claudia is popular in 1942
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Washington#69 · 1 in 319
- Utah#85 · 1 in 334
- Oregon#88 · 1 in 412
- California#90 · 1 in 416
- Idaho#97 · 1 in 394
Best ever in a state: #30 in Texas, 1973.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | #69 | 51 | 1 in 319 |
| Utah | #85 | 18 | 1 in 334 |
| Oregon | #88 | 22 | 1 in 412 |
| California | #90 | 166 | 1 in 416 |
| Idaho | #97 | 11 | 1 in 394 |
| North Dakota | #109 | 11 | 1 in 487 |
| Colorado | #112 | 20 | 1 in 495 |
| Arizona | #113 | 15 | 1 in 390 |
| Oklahoma | #121 | 32 | 1 in 637 |
| Minnesota | #127 | 30 | 1 in 846 |
| Florida | #137 | 32 | 1 in 556 |
| Montana | #137 | 7 | 1 in 620 |
| Indiana | #141 | 32 | 1 in 999 |
| Michigan | #144 | 59 | 1 in 945 |
| Iowa | #145 | 21 | 1 in 1,006 |
| District of Columbia | #147 | 11 | 1 in 782 |
| Illinois | #149 | 73 | 1 in 966 |
| Maryland | #149 | 22 | 1 in 805 |
| Nebraska | #151 | 10 | 1 in 987 |
| Missouri | #154 | 34 | 1 in 952 |
| Maine | #157 | 8 | 1 in 892 |
| Ohio | #157 | 66 | 1 in 998 |
| Rhode Island | #166 | 5 | 1 in 1,160 |
| New Jersey | #167 | 31 | 1 in 1,151 |
| Massachusetts | #176 | 24 | 1 in 1,578 |
| Georgia | #177 | 40 | 1 in 879 |
| Kansas | #180 | 12 | 1 in 1,163 |
| Louisiana | #182 | 32 | 1 in 821 |
| Alabama | #185 | 36 | 1 in 919 |
| Texas | #186 | 73 | 1 in 918 |
| Pennsylvania | #189 | 67 | 1 in 1,344 |
| Connecticut | #190 | 10 | 1 in 1,564 |
| Mississippi | #193 | 27 | 1 in 901 |
| New York | #197 | 77 | 1 in 1,468 |
| Wisconsin | #197 | 15 | 1 in 1,884 |
| North Carolina | #199 | 34 | 1 in 1,233 |
| South Carolina | #207 | 22 | 1 in 1,082 |
| Virginia | #211 | 21 | 1 in 1,390 |
| Arkansas | #214 | 18 | 1 in 1,132 |
| New Mexico | #226 | 6 | 1 in 973 |
| Tennessee | #248 | 19 | 1 in 1,649 |
| West Virginia | #256 | 10 | 1 in 2,056 |
| Kentucky | #270 | 15 | 1 in 1,956 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Claudia
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1952 at #111 (3,383 births)
- Births halved by 1957, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 139 yrs · run 1880–2018
- Highest: 1 in 548 girls born in 1952 were named Claudia (0.18%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,339 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 18.0% of all girls named Claudia (23,150) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 626 | #208 (1881) | #245 |
| 1890s | 933 | #258 (1890) | #288 |
| 1900s | 1,200 | #278 (1906) | #305 |
| 1910s | 2,932 | #293 (1911) | #315 |
| 1920s | 3,756 | #322 (1921) | #345 |
| 1930s | 5,999 | #198 (1939) | #267 |
| 1940s | 19,174 | #120 (1944) | #146 |
| 1950s | 23,150 | #111 (1952) | #160 |
| 1960s | 9,999 | #259 (1960) | #284 |
| 1970s | 13,615 | #167 (1974) | #202 |
| 1980s | 13,800 | #181 (1981) | #195 |
| 1990s | 16,520 | #167 (1997) | #184 |
| 2000s | 11,220 | #200 (2000) | #311 |
| 2010s | 3,999 | #512 (2010) | #735 |
| 2020s | 1,395 | #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 1942
Top girls' names in 1942
Top boys' names in 1942
More about 1942
girls
1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 993 of them was named Claudia, which outranked 96.8% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 153,462 of them was named Claudia, which outranked 37.6% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,386Wright10
- #2,386York10
- #2,386Young10
- #2,523Claudia9
- #2,523Abdul9
- #2,523Adalberto9
- #2,523Agnes9
- #2,712Alcide8
- #2,712Alphonza8
- #2,712Alston8
Tied with 188 names at #2,523; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.