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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201944peak #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.

Where Claudia is popular in 1944

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Claudia, so not publishedAKMaine: #96 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 455 girlsMEVermont: #90 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 366 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #109 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 559 girlsNHWashington: #43 for girls · 87 births · 1 in 216 girlsWAIdaho: #77 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 307 girlsIDMontana: #59 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 248 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #100 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 417 girlsNDMinnesota: #111 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 626 girlsMNIllinois: #114 for girls · 100 births · 1 in 633 girlsILWisconsin: #116 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 784 girlsWIMichigan: #96 for girls · 103 births · 1 in 491 girlsMINew York: #115 for girls · 199 births · 1 in 530 girlsNYMassachusetts: #117 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 789 girlsMARhode Island: #106 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 476 girlsRIOregon: #60 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 277 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Claudia, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Claudia, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #111 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 530 girlsSDIowa: #96 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 560 girlsIAIndiana: #100 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 559 girlsINOhio: #109 for girls · 95 births · 1 in 630 girlsOHPennsylvania: #138 for girls · 108 births · 1 in 740 girlsPANew Jersey: #162 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,091 girlsNJConnecticut: #137 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 752 girlsCTCalifornia: #63 for girls · 271 births · 1 in 295 girlsCAUtah: #36 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 150 girlsUTColorado: #59 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 276 girlsCONebraska: #114 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 670 girlsNEMissouri: #121 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 731 girlsMOKentucky: #157 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 867 girlsKYWest Virginia: #210 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,409 girlsWVVirginia: #146 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 700 girlsVAMaryland: #152 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 784 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Claudia, so not publishedDEArizona: #177 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 726 girlsAZNew Mexico: #146 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 576 girlsNMKansas: #135 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 758 girlsKSArkansas: #166 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 810 girlsARTennessee: #195 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,151 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #181 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 915 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #135 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 596 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #90 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 401 girlsDCOklahoma: #87 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 451 girlsOKLouisiana: #159 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 671 girlsLAMississippi: #168 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 750 girlsMSAlabama: #168 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 804 girlsALGeorgia: #147 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 637 girlsGAHawaii: #166 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 590 girlsHITexas: #114 for girls · 138 births · 1 in 548 girlsTXFlorida: #93 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 413 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#36 · 1 in 150
  2. Washington#43 · 1 in 216
  3. Montana#59 · 1 in 248
  4. Colorado#59 · 1 in 276
  5. Oregon#60 · 1 in 277

Best ever in a state: #30 in Texas, 1973.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#36441 in 150
Washington#43871 in 216
Colorado#59371 in 276
Montana#59161 in 248
Oregon#60361 in 277
California#632711 in 295
Idaho#77151 in 307
Oklahoma#87451 in 451
District of Columbia#90231 in 401
Vermont#9071 in 366
Florida#93541 in 413
Iowa#96361 in 560
Maine#96161 in 455
Michigan#961031 in 491
Indiana#100551 in 559
North Dakota#100131 in 417
Rhode Island#106121 in 476
New Hampshire#10961 in 559
Ohio#109951 in 630
Minnesota#111381 in 626
South Dakota#11191 in 530
Illinois#1141001 in 633
Nebraska#114151 in 670
Texas#1141381 in 548
New York#1151991 in 530
Wisconsin#116341 in 784
Massachusetts#117451 in 789
Missouri#121421 in 731
Kansas#135191 in 758
South Carolina#135401 in 596
Connecticut#137191 in 752
Pennsylvania#1381081 in 740
New Mexico#146111 in 576
Virginia#146421 in 700
Georgia#147561 in 637
Maryland#152231 in 784
Kentucky#157321 in 867
Louisiana#159401 in 671
New Jersey#162301 in 1,091
Arkansas#166241 in 810
Hawaii#16681 in 590
Alabama#168401 in 804
Mississippi#168321 in 750
Arizona#17791 in 726
North Carolina#181451 in 915
Tennessee#195271 in 1,151
West Virginia#210131 in 1,409
Alaska
Delaware
Nevada
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.

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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 1944

girls
#120
2,220 births · 1 in 598 girls
boys
#2,633
8 births · 1 in 170,359 boys

Top girls' names in 1944

  1. #1Mary62,476
  2. #2Barbara39,196
  3. #3Linda38,415
  4. #4Patricia36,874
  5. #5Carol30,456
  6. #6Sandra26,024
  7. #7Nancy23,218
  8. #8Sharon22,433
  9. #9Judith22,431
  10. #10Betty19,761
  11. #120Claudia2,220

Top boys' names in 1944

  1. #1James76,951
  2. #2Robert70,855
  3. #3John66,616
  4. #4William52,375
  5. #5Richard45,643
  6. #6David37,382
  7. #7Charles34,662
  8. #8Thomas31,604
  9. #9Michael26,717
  10. #10Ronald25,513
  11. #2,633Claudia8
More about 1944

girls

1,327,223 girls got a published name in 1944; 1 in 598 of them was named Claudia, which outranked 97.7% of the 5,243 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Claudia
  1. #117Jeanette2,255
  2. #118Emma2,247
  3. #119Laura2,244
  4. #120Claudia2,220
  5. #121June2,203
  6. #122Eleanor2,190
  7. #123Edith2,175
Biggest movers since 1943
Risers
  1. 1,229Dorinda#1,834#605
  2. 611Deirdre#1,556#945
  3. 504Alana#1,251#747
  4. 460Elyse#1,327#867
  5. 407Joella#1,395#988
Fallers
  1. 613Michal#996#1,609
  2. 493Aloma#762#1,255
  3. 448Louvenia#916#1,364
  4. 347Norine#889#1,236
  5. 341Lyla#864#1,205

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

boys

1,362,875 boys got a published name in 1944; 1 in 170,359 of them was named Claudia, which outranked 32.6% of the 3,909 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Claudia
  1. #2,467Wm9
  2. #2,467Worley9
  3. #2,467Zannie9
  4. #2,633Claudia8
  5. #2,633Abundio8
  6. #2,633Alonso8
  7. #2,633Amedeo8
  8. #2,862Abie7
  9. #2,862Acey7
  10. #2,862Alben7

Tied with 228 names at #2,633; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1943
Risers
  1. 647Rickie#1,461#814
  2. 586Rusty#1,577#991
  3. 585Humberto#1,280#695
  4. 408Llewellyn#1,343#935
  5. 402Hilario#1,308#906
Fallers
  1. 359Elwyn#923#1,282
  2. 356Albin#856#1,212
  3. 348Prentiss#980#1,328
  4. 286Barrie#969#1,255
  5. 269Duke#986#1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1944