Claudia — #1090 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Claudia

The Social Security Administration has registered 128,093 babies named Claudia between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Claudia currently holds the #1090 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 3,383 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Claudia performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 23,149 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Claudia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 24,643 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Claudia in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Claudia 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 128,093 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.