Claudetta — girls' name
286 babies named Claudetta in U.S. Social Security records since 1933, with the highest year being 1942. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Claudetta was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Claudetta in 1942 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Claudetta
The Social Security Administration has registered 286 babies named Claudetta between 1933 and 1968, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Claudetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1968. The name reached its historical peak in 1942, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Claudetta performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 97 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Claudetta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Claudetta in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 286 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Claudetta at a glance
Last recorded 1968Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Claudetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–1933
- Peak year (1942)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1968.
286 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1942 with 16 births in a single year.
Claudetta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 97 births that decade — 34% of Claudetta's all-time total
Claudetta decade highlights
- Peak decade 97 births
- Runner-up 82 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Claudetta's strongest decade
97 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1933–1968 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.