Claudine

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477 · Last seen for boys in 1928 at #4,151
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1935 · 193 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
11,323
since 1880

Claudine over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Claudine has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201940peak #460, 1935girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024#13,4776
2023
2022
2021#12,2067
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016#12,8767
2015#11,8358
2014
2013#16,5475
2012#16,8695
2011#11,1819
2010#12,2768
2009#15,2426
2008#8,96513
2007#10,81810
2006#13,6067
2005#6,52818
2004#7,39115
2003#9,67110
2002#6,69816
2001#4,32128
2000#5,70519
1999#4,57624
1998#4,36625
1997#5,01020
1996#3,94227
1995#3,87827
1994#4,84520
1993#5,41917
1992#4,68621
1991#4,20824
1990#5,54916
1989#3,78426
1988#4,30820
1987#2,97232
1986#3,89021
1985#2,86032
1984#2,62535
1983#3,55522
1982#3,09328
1981#2,40940
1980#1,96454
1979#1,81459
1978#1,72960
1977#1,118114
1976#1,134104
1975#917141
1974#867150
1973#830158
1972#613256
1971#542335
1970#468442
1969#560311
1968#533322
1967#547296
1966#849138
1965#1,032102
1964#1,14592
1963#1,28074
1962#1,45658
1961#1,48157
1960#1,50154
1959#1,29269
1958#1,29966
1957#1,10989
1956#1,14182
1955#1,08187
1954#945104
1953#1,04086
1952#874111
1951#829117
1950#858106
1949#705144
1948#801116
1947#759128
1946#686135
1945#680119
1944#622139
1943#634143
1942#675123
1941#607135
1940#536163
1939#526159
1938#498180
1937#505169
1936#557137
1935#460193
1934#496168
1933#516151
1932#515160
1931#514161
1930#467208
1929#510176
1928#488197#4,1515
1927#485207
1926#512186#4,2015
1925#491202
1924#508195
1923#569160
1922#505190
1921#529179
1920#529178
1919#517172#4,1685
1918#491191
1917#548150
1916#563142
1915#565129
1914#66177
1913#67858
1912#59667
1911#65943
1910#57651
1909#60841
1908#70930
1907#79022
1906#87218
1905#66428
1904#83719
1903#83617
1902#79719
1901#88114
1900#1,3199
1899#93512
1898#61927
1897#1,2637
1896#90313
1895#1,05310
1894#99810
1893#71317
1892#1,0858
1891#1,0068
1890#1,3385
1889
1888#1,1366
1887#1,0366
1886#9936
1885#1,0475
1884
1883
1882#8136
1881#8305
1880#7386
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Claudine was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1885, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Claudine is popular in 1940

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #416 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,160 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedWVVirginia: #295 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,747 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedKSArkansas: #292 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,912 girlsARTennessee: #382 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,024 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #346 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,424 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #362 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,880 girlsOKLouisiana: #376 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,925 girlsLAMississippi: #406 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,769 girlsMSAlabama: #350 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,281 girlsALGeorgia: #305 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,443 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedHITexas: #564 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 5,008 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Claudine, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arkansas#292 · 1 in 1,912
  2. Virginia#295 · 1 in 2,747
  3. Georgia#305 · 1 in 2,443
  4. North Carolina#346 · 1 in 3,424
  5. Alabama#350 · 1 in 3,281

Best ever in a state: #148 in Rhode Island, 1970.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#292101 in 1,912
Virginia#29591 in 2,747
Georgia#305131 in 2,443
North Carolina#346111 in 3,424
Alabama#35091 in 3,281
Oklahoma#36271 in 2,880
Louisiana#37681 in 2,925
Tennessee#38271 in 4,024
Mississippi#40661 in 3,769
California#416121 in 4,160
Texas#564121 in 5,008
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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 Claudine
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 644 spots in 1898 (#1,263#619)
  • Biggest drop: 384 spots in 1900 (#935#1,319)
Rise & fade · girls
55 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1935 at #460 (193 births)
  • Births halved by 1953, 18 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 72 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 72 yrs · run 1901–1952
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,955
  • Highest: 1 in 3,955 girls born in 1970 were named Claudine (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 270,032 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #460 in 1935, was only 1 in 5,433 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 16.5% of all girls named Claudine (1,870) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s40#738 (1880)#942
1890s117#619 (1898)#991
1900s217#608 (1909)#831
1910s1,080#491 (1918)#585
1920s1,870#485 (1927)#513
1930s1,686#460 (1935)#505
1940s1,345#536 (1940)#671
1950s917#829 (1951)#1,047
1960s1,504#533 (1968)#1,038
1970s1,819#468 (1970)#1,003
1980s310#1,964 (1980)#3,146
1990s221#3,878 (1995)#4,648
2000s142#4,321 (2001)#8,895
2010s42#11,181 (2011)#13,597
2020s13#12,206 (2021)#12,842

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.

Claudine in 1940

girls
#536
163 births · 1 in 7,016 girls

Top girls' names in 1940

  1. #1Mary56,216
  2. #2Barbara36,736
  3. #3Patricia32,665
  4. #4Judith22,385
  5. #5Betty22,077
  6. #6Carol21,759
  7. #7Nancy19,737
  8. #8Linda18,370
  9. #9Shirley17,881
  10. #10Sandra16,153
  11. #536Claudine163
More about 1940

girls

1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 7,016 of them was named Claudine, which outranked 89.3% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Claudine
  1. #532Lucile165
  2. #534Pansy164
  3. #534Trudy164
  4. #536Claudine163
  5. #536Lorena163
  6. #536Maryjane163
  7. #539Emilie162
  8. #539Vickie162
  9. #541Georgianna161

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

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. 2,494Scarlett#3,429#935
  2. 1,465Lonna#2,206#741
  3. 834Pam#1,797#963
  4. 659Jody#1,638#979
  5. 633Laraine#1,474#841
Fallers
  1. 481Fredia#996#1,477
  2. 430Eleanora#974#1,404
  3. 375Danielle#811#1,186
  4. 342Eloisa#930#1,272
  5. 298Coral#996#1,294

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

See the top 100 for 1940