Claudia
Claudia was given to 219 girls in 2025, #1,096 among girls’ names; 129,078 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 98,800 Americans named Claudia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (77% of everyone recorded); the median is 49 years old and half are between 31 and 71.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Claudia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Claudia mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Claudia is “a female given name from Latin, masculine equivalent Claudius.”
In use from the 16th century. Borrowed from Latin Claudia.
/ˈklɔː.di.ə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Claudia?
#1,096 among girls’ names, 2025
Claudia fell from #744 in 2015 to #1,096 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.21 to 0.14 per 1,000.
3,383 babies in 1952, the peak
Claudia peaked in 1952, when 3,383 girls were given it, #111 among girls’ names. The 219 births of 2025 are 6% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 219 | #1,096 | 0.14 |
| 2024 | 227 | #1,087 | 0.14 |
| 2023 | 229 | #1,083 | 0.14 |
| 2022 | 228 | #1,096 | 0.14 |
| 2021 | 246 | #1,030 | 0.15 |
| 2020 | 246 | #1,021 | 0.15 |
| 2019 | 244 | #1,051 | 0.15 |
| 2018 | 313 | #867 | 0.18 |
| 2017 | 326 | #834 | 0.19 |
| 2016 | 374 | #763 | 0.21 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 379 | #744 | 0.21 |
| 2014 | 384 | #731 | 0.21 |
| 2013 | 434 | #657 | 0.25 |
| 2012 | 485 | #595 | 0.28 |
| 2011 | 475 | #604 | 0.27 |
| 2010 | 585 | #513 | 0.33 |
| 2009 | 642 | #481 | 0.35 |
| 2008 | 771 | #418 | 0.41 |
| 2007 | 814 | #403 | 0.42 |
| 2006 | 966 | #342 | 0.51 |
| 2005 | 1,022 | #313 | 0.55 |
| 2004 | 1,202 | #270 | 0.65 |
| 2003 | 1,303 | #251 | 0.71 |
| 2002 | 1,396 | #224 | 0.78 |
| 2001 | 1,495 | #212 | 0.83 |
| 2000 | 1,609 | #200 | 0.89 |
| 1999 | 1,660 | #186 | 0.94 |
| 1998 | 1,706 | #179 | 1.0 |
| 1997 | 1,837 | #168 | 1.1 |
| 1996 | 1,807 | #174 | 1.0 |
| 1995 | 1,750 | #172 | 1.0 |
| 1994 | 1,506 | #198 | 0.84 |
| 1993 | 1,593 | #183 | 0.88 |
| 1992 | 1,596 | #190 | 0.87 |
| 1991 | 1,569 | #191 | 0.84 |
| 1990 | 1,496 | #197 | 0.79 |
| 1989 | 1,417 | #192 | 0.77 |
| 1988 | 1,268 | #208 | 0.71 |
| 1987 | 1,304 | #206 | 0.75 |
| 1986 | 1,333 | #195 | 0.78 |
| 1985 | 1,398 | #193 | 0.81 |
| 1984 | 1,353 | #198 | 0.80 |
| 1983 | 1,353 | #195 | 0.81 |
| 1982 | 1,439 | #190 | 0.85 |
| 1981 | 1,530 | #181 | 0.92 |
| 1980 | 1,405 | #191 | 0.85 |
| 1979 | 1,308 | #203 | 0.81 |
| 1978 | 1,199 | #214 | 0.78 |
| 1977 | 1,233 | #206 | 0.80 |
| 1976 | 1,413 | #182 | 1.0 |
| 1975 | 1,444 | #180 | 1.0 |
| 1974 | 1,609 | #167 | 1.1 |
| 1973 | 1,566 | #176 | 1.1 |
| 1972 | 1,365 | #203 | 0.90 |
| 1971 | 1,250 | #238 | 0.75 |
| 1970 | 1,228 | #252 | 0.70 |
| 1969 | 1,123 | #259 | 0.67 |
| 1968 | 994 | #274 | 0.61 |
| 1967 | 908 | #282 | 0.55 |
| 1966 | 797 | #315 | 0.47 |
| 1965 | 820 | #314 | 0.46 |
| 1964 | 999 | #291 | 0.53 |
| 1963 | 1,005 | #291 | 0.52 |
| 1962 | 1,000 | #290 | 0.51 |
| 1961 | 1,161 | #264 | 0.58 |
| 1960 | 1,192 | #259 | 0.59 |
| 1959 | 1,424 | #221 | 0.70 |
| 1958 | 1,580 | #206 | 0.79 |
| 1957 | 1,663 | #204 | 0.81 |
| 1956 | 1,915 | #186 | 1.0 |
| 1955 | 2,410 | #151 | 1.2 |
| 1954 | 2,515 | #145 | 1.3 |
| 1953 | 2,858 | #126 | 1.5 |
| 1952 | 3,383 | #111 | 1.8 |
| 1951 | 2,866 | #123 | 1.6 |
| 1950 | 2,536 | #126 | 1.5 |
| 1949 | 2,519 | #127 | 1.5 |
| 1948 | 2,624 | #122 | 1.5 |
| 1947 | 2,766 | #122 | 1.6 |
| 1946 | 2,308 | #124 | 1.5 |
| 1945 | 1,911 | #127 | 1.5 |
| 1944 | 2,220 | #120 | 1.7 |
| 1943 | 1,584 | #159 | 1.1 |
| 1942 | 1,360 | #172 | 1.0 |
| 1941 | 1,019 | #185 | 0.84 |
| 1940 | 863 | #205 | 0.75 |
| 1939 | 901 | #198 | 0.82 |
| 1938 | 837 | #208 | 0.76 |
| 1937 | 795 | #209 | 0.75 |
| 1936 | 792 | #207 | 0.76 |
| 1935 | 719 | #233 | 0.69 |
| 1934 | 500 | #274 | 0.48 |
| 1933 | 411 | #301 | 0.41 |
| 1932 | 331 | #347 | 0.31 |
| 1931 | 375 | #330 | 0.35 |
| 1930 | 338 | #366 | 0.30 |
| 1929 | 312 | #380 | 0.28 |
| 1928 | 376 | #349 | 0.33 |
| 1927 | 361 | #358 | 0.30 |
| 1926 | 386 | #338 | 0.33 |
| 1925 | 376 | #349 | 0.31 |
| 1924 | 380 | #350 | 0.30 |
| 1923 | 356 | #352 | 0.30 |
| 1922 | 401 | #324 | 0.33 |
| 1921 | 419 | #322 | 0.34 |
| 1920 | 389 | #329 | 0.32 |
| 1919 | 355 | #339 | 0.31 |
| 1918 | 428 | #309 | 0.37 |
| 1917 | 342 | #336 | 0.32 |
| 1916 | 361 | #320 | 0.35 |
| 1915 | 387 | #295 | 0.39 |
| 1914 | 285 | #309 | 0.37 |
| 1913 | 235 | #311 | 0.38 |
| 1912 | 224 | #301 | 0.40 |
| 1911 | 178 | #293 | 0.43 |
| 1910 | 137 | #335 | 0.35 |
| 1909 | 155 | #290 | 0.45 |
| 1908 | 134 | #306 | 0.40 |
| 1907 | 143 | #290 | 0.45 |
| 1906 | 142 | #278 | 0.48 |
| 1905 | 122 | #304 | 0.42 |
| 1904 | 100 | #328 | 0.36 |
| 1903 | 98 | #316 | 0.37 |
| 1902 | 97 | #318 | 0.37 |
| 1901 | 84 | #331 | 0.35 |
| 1900 | 125 | #293 | 0.42 |
| 1899 | 89 | #316 | 0.38 |
| 1898 | 103 | #310 | 0.40 |
| 1897 | 85 | #316 | 0.36 |
| 1896 | 92 | #304 | 0.39 |
| 1895 | 96 | #289 | 0.41 |
| 1894 | 108 | #263 | 0.48 |
| 1893 | 89 | #281 | 0.42 |
| 1892 | 95 | #272 | 0.45 |
| 1891 | 81 | #276 | 0.44 |
| 1890 | 95 | #258 | 0.50 |
| 1889 | 88 | #248 | 0.49 |
| 1888 | 81 | #257 | 0.45 |
| 1887 | 74 | #243 | 0.51 |
| 1886 | 59 | #270 | 0.41 |
| 1885 | 67 | #247 | 0.50 |
| 1884 | 50 | #276 | 0.39 |
| 1883 | 58 | #235 | 0.52 |
| 1882 | 49 | #247 | 0.45 |
| 1881 | 52 | #209 | 0.57 |
| 1880 | 48 | #223 | 0.53 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Claudia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Claudia has been given almost only to girls: 760 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Claudia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Claudia, and how old are they?
98,800 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 77% of the 129,078 Americans ever recorded as Claudia. The median Claudia alive today is 49 years old; half are between 31 and 71.
The 2020 Census counted 189,171 people named Claudia (188,850 women and girls, 321 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 104,010 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.8 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 6,230 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 29,200 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 18,500 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 23,300 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 17,800 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,830 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Claudia born?
The states with the most babies named Claudia are California, Texas and New York, with 42% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 24,832 | #1,056 | 2.0× |
| Texas | 16,503 | #1,128 | 1.8× |
| New York | 9,742 | #1,179 | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 6,577 | #818 | 1.0× |
| Ohio | 3,952 | #1,505 | 0.6× |
| Michigan | 3,935 | #1,098 | 0.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 3,781 | #829 | 0.5× |
| Florida | 3,737 | #1,128 | 0.9× |
| Georgia | 3,100 | #1,584 | 0.9× |
| New Jersey | 3,005 | #965 | 0.8× |
Where Claudia is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Claudia is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 2.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Claudia with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 136,900 babies since 1880, Claudia is the most given (94% of them). In 2025 it was given to 219 of their 229 babies (96%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Claudia
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Claudia and names like it
- Compare Claudia and ClaudieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sClaudia peaked in 1952.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Claudia since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Claudia: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1952The year the most babies were named Claudia.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Claudia alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with CMost given first.