Claudia

Where Claudia comes from

In use from the 16th century. Borrowed from Latin Claudia.
— Wiktionary's entry for Claudia
  • Latin
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #223 among girls — 48 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1946
    Claudia Goldin born
    American economist; Nobel prize winner
  3. 1952
    Peak, #111
    3,383 babies named Claudia — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1957
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #204.
  5. 1970
    Claudia Schiffer born
    German model
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin, masculine equivalent Claudius.
Namesakes
  • Claudia Schiffer · German model, born 1970
  • Claudia Goldin · American economist; Nobel prize winner, born 1946
  • Claudia Black · Australian actress, born 1972
  • Claudia Kim · South Korean actress and model, born 1985, born 1985
  • Claudia Leitte · Brazilian singer, born 1980

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.