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

Showing
Show data for
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201976peak #111, 1952girls
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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 1976

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Claudia, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Claudia, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Claudia, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Claudia, so not publishedNHWashington: #433 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,977 girlsWAIdaho: #210 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 973 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Claudia, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Claudia, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Claudia, so not publishedMNIllinois: #142 for girls · 99 births · 1 in 706 girlsILWisconsin: #413 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,919 girlsWIMichigan: #478 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,886 girlsMINew York: #234 for girls · 81 births · 1 in 1,238 girlsNYMassachusetts: #395 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,175 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Claudia, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Claudia, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Claudia, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Claudia, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Claudia, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Claudia, so not publishedIAIndiana: #417 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,379 girlsINOhio: #631 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 6,736 girlsOHPennsylvania: #570 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 5,855 girlsPANew Jersey: #238 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,355 girlsNJConnecticut: #234 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,371 girlsCTCalifornia: #48 for girls · 503 births · 1 in 286 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Claudia, so not publishedUTColorado: #271 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,473 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Claudia, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Claudia, so not publishedMOKentucky: #518 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,686 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Claudia, so not publishedWVVirginia: #364 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,689 girlsVAMaryland: #289 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,745 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Claudia, so not publishedDEArizona: #89 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 391 girlsAZNew Mexico: #209 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 852 girlsNMKansas: #387 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,602 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Claudia, so not publishedARTennessee: #394 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,908 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #413 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,199 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #354 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,113 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #153 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 582 girlsDCOklahoma: #469 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,208 girlsOKLouisiana: #434 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,601 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Claudia, so not publishedMSAlabama: #378 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,390 girlsALGeorgia: #379 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,376 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Claudia, so not publishedHITexas: #39 for girls · 401 births · 1 in 241 girlsTXFlorida: #294 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,639 girlsFL

Hover or tap a state for its numbers.

Top states · girls
  1. Texas#39 · 1 in 241
  2. California#48 · 1 in 286
  3. Arizona#89 · 1 in 391
  4. Illinois#142 · 1 in 706
  5. District of Columbia#153 · 1 in 582

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Texas#394011 in 241
California#485031 in 286
Arizona#89391 in 391
Illinois#142991 in 706
District of Columbia#153101 in 582
New Mexico#20991 in 852
Idaho#21061 in 973
Connecticut#234101 in 1,371
New York#234811 in 1,238
New Jersey#238261 in 1,355
Colorado#271111 in 1,473
Maryland#289101 in 1,745
Florida#294251 in 1,639
South Carolina#35481 in 2,113
Virginia#364101 in 2,689
Alabama#37891 in 2,390
Georgia#379131 in 2,376
Kansas#38751 in 2,602
Tennessee#39491 in 2,908
Massachusetts#39591 in 3,175
North Carolina#413101 in 3,199
Wisconsin#41371 in 3,919
Indiana#417101 in 3,379
Washington#43371 in 2,977
Louisiana#434101 in 2,601
Oklahoma#46951 in 3,208
Michigan#478141 in 3,886
Kentucky#51851 in 4,686
Pennsylvania#570111 in 5,855
Ohio#631101 in 6,736
Alaska
Arkansas
Delaware
Hawaii
Iowa
Maine
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
North Dakota
Oregon
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Utah
Vermont
West Virginia
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
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 1976

girls
#182
1,413 births · 1 in 1,037 girls
boys
#3,471
10 births · 1 in 156,901 boys

Top girls' names in 1976

  1. #1Jennifer59,473
  2. #2Amy31,339
  3. #3Melissa25,094
  4. #4Heather24,192
  5. #5Angela22,038
  6. #6Michelle19,550
  7. #7Kimberly18,962
  8. #8Jessica18,368
  9. #9Lisa17,346
  10. #10Amanda15,588
  11. #182Claudia1,413

Top boys' names in 1976

  1. #1Michael66,915
  2. #2Jason52,643
  3. #3Christopher45,190
  4. #4David39,265
  5. #5James38,294
  6. #6John33,976
  7. #7Robert33,789
  8. #8Brian30,517
  9. #9Matthew29,951
  10. #10Daniel24,702
  11. #3,471Claudia10
More about 1976

girls

1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 1,037 of them was named Claudia, which outranked 98.3% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Claudia
  1. #179Tricia1,429
  2. #180Robyn1,428
  3. #181Traci1,421
  4. #182Claudia1,413
  5. #183Toni1,399
  6. #184Terri1,388
  7. #185Latasha1,384
Biggest movers since 1975
Risers
  1. 3,548Rhiannon#4,141#593
  2. 3,533Mackenzie#4,370#837
  3. 3,060Khalilah#3,774#714
  4. 1,663Kenisha#2,612#949
  5. 1,455Latoria#2,411#956
Fallers
  1. 821Nyree#926#1,747
  2. 668Syreeta#778#1,446
  3. 505Cher#994#1,499
  4. 398Kandice#957#1,355
  5. 370Racquel#973#1,343

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

boys

1,569,007 boys got a published name in 1976; 1 in 156,901 of them was named Claudia, which outranked 46.6% of the 6,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Claudia
  1. #3,264Waylan11
  2. #3,264Yolanda11
  3. #3,264Yvonne11
  4. #3,471Claudia10
  5. #3,471Abdurrahim10
  6. #3,471Adnan10
  7. #3,471Akili10
  8. #3,724Abdula9
  9. #3,724Airrion9
  10. #3,724Ajamu9

Tied with 252 names at #3,471; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1975
Risers
  1. 3,506Seneca#4,309#803
  2. 1,165Jameel#2,134#969
  3. 712Delvin#1,658#946
  4. 567Jerimy#1,530#963
  5. 510Jamaal#1,042#532
Fallers
  1. 1,113Santino#1,000#2,113
  2. 511Carnell#900#1,411
  3. 453Nakia#337#790
  4. 395Charlton#938#1,333
  5. 376Benjiman#970#1,346

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

See the top 100 for 1976