Claudia

#1,096 for girls in 2025, 219 births · Last seen for boys in 2002 at #10,667
Given to girls 99.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
1952 · 3,383 births
Debut · girls
48 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
128,318
since 1880

Claudia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Claudia has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201959peak #111, 1952girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,096219—
2024#1,086227—
2023#1,081229—
2022#1,095228—
2021#1,029246—
2020#1,021246—
2019#1,050244—
2018#865313—
2017#832326—
2016#762374—
2015#743379—
2014#729384—
2013#657434—
2012#595485—
2011#604475—
2010#512585—
2009#480642—
2008#418771—
2007#403814—
2006#342966—
2005#3131,022—
2004#2701,202—
2003#2511,303—
2002#2241,396#10,6675
2001#2121,495—
2000#2001,609—
1999#1861,660#9,9125
1998#1791,706—
1997#1671,837—
1996#1741,807#6,4968
1995#1721,750—
1994#1981,506#5,8689
1993#1831,593#4,44713
1992#1901,596#5,23610
1991#1911,569#3,10520
1990#1971,496#2,86522
1989#1921,417#3,09419
1988#2071,268#2,50923
1987#2061,304#2,83818
1986#1951,333#2,51021
1985#1931,398#2,50420
1984#1981,353#2,29222
1983#1951,353#2,78716
1982#1901,439#2,05926
1981#1811,530#2,68017
1980#1911,405#3,43012
1979#2031,308#3,16813
1978#2141,199#3,61410
1977#2061,233#3,20312
1976#1821,413#3,47110
1975#1801,444#2,90213
1974#1671,609#2,54915
1973#1761,566#2,51315
1972#2031,365—
1971#2371,250#2,81312
1970#2521,228#2,29316
1969#2591,123#2,68211
1968#274994#4,1365
1967#282908#3,5596
1966#315797—
1965#314820#3,2447
1964#291999#4,0395
1963#2911,005—
1962#2901,000—
1961#2641,161#4,0655
1960#2591,192#4,0385
1959#2211,424#3,2907
1958#2061,580#2,64210
1957#2041,663—
1956#1861,915#3,9425
1955#1512,410#3,5056
1954#1452,515—
1953#1262,858#3,4256
1952#1113,383—
1951#1232,866#2,8448
1950#1262,536#2,7708
1949#1272,519#2,8028
1948#1222,624#2,44310
1947#1222,766#2,49810
1946#1242,308#2,27111
1945#1271,911#1,77215
1944#1202,220#2,6338
1943#1591,584—
1942#1721,360#2,5239
1941#1851,019#3,1336
1940#205863#3,4595
1939#198901#2,4499
1938#208837#2,6468
1937#209795#3,5185
1936#207792#2,8547
1935#233719#3,6455
1934#274500#2,7428
1933#301411#3,2686
1932#347331—
1931#330375#3,7635
1930#366338—
1929#380312#2,9808
1928#349376#3,6976
1927#357361#4,2105
1926#337386#2,9049
1925#349376#4,1975
1924#350380#3,8676
1923#352356#3,8226
1922#324401#2,24014
1921#322419#2,26514
1920#329389#2,76510
1919#338355#3,3917
1918#309428#3,7286
1917#336342#2,56210
1916#320361#2,54310
1915#295387#2,8298
1914#309285—
1913#310235—
1912#301224—
1911#293178—
1910#335137—
1909#290155—
1908#306134—
1907#290143—
1906#278142—
1905#304122—
1904#327100—
1903#31598—
1902#31897—
1901#33184—
1900#293125#1,3105
1899#31689—
1898#310103—
1897#31685—
1896#30492—
1895#28896—
1894#263108—
1893#28089—
1892#27295—
1891#27681—
1890#25895—
1889#24888—
1888#25581—
1887#24374—
1886#27059—
1885#24667—
1884#27550—
1883#23458—
1882#24749—
1881#20852—
1880#22348—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Claudia was already there! It came in at #223, and was given to 48 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1886, when fewer than 68 girls a year got the name.

Where Claudia is popular in 1959

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Claudia, so not publishedAKMaine: #236 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,646 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Claudia, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Claudia, so not publishedNHWashington: #263 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,502 girlsWAIdaho: #262 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,269 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Claudia, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #230 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,157 girlsNDMinnesota: #246 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,804 girlsMNIllinois: #206 for girls · 86 births · 1 in 1,260 girlsILWisconsin: #232 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,851 girlsWIMichigan: #212 for girls · 69 births · 1 in 1,306 girlsMINew York: #192 for girls · 168 births · 1 in 1,002 girlsNYMassachusetts: #197 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 1,371 girlsMARhode Island: #118 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 591 girlsRIOregon: #207 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,017 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Claudia, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Claudia, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Claudia, so not publishedSDIowa: #261 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,909 girlsIAIndiana: #232 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 1,517 girlsINOhio: #196 for girls · 94 births · 1 in 1,127 girlsOHPennsylvania: #235 for girls · 70 births · 1 in 1,634 girlsPANew Jersey: #222 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 1,466 girlsNJConnecticut: #155 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 843 girlsCTCalifornia: #203 for girls · 162 births · 1 in 1,027 girlsCAUtah: #153 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 607 girlsUTColorado: #215 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,050 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Claudia, so not publishedNEMissouri: #225 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,551 girlsMOKentucky: #283 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,199 girlsKYWest Virginia: #253 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,666 girlsWVVirginia: #230 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,450 girlsVAMaryland: #372 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,388 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Claudia, so not publishedDEArizona: #255 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,199 girlsAZNew Mexico: #346 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,001 girlsNMKansas: #226 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,360 girlsKSArkansas: #319 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,226 girlsARTennessee: #208 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,220 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #225 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 1,326 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #228 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,209 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #152 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 731 girlsDCOklahoma: #389 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,047 girlsOKLouisiana: #200 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 1,016 girlsLAMississippi: #285 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,731 girlsMSAlabama: #353 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,723 girlsALGeorgia: #234 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 1,398 girlsGAHawaii: #184 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 674 girlsHITexas: #285 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 1,724 girlsTXFlorida: #278 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,808 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Rhode Island#118 · 1 in 591
  2. District of Columbia#152 · 1 in 731
  3. Utah#153 · 1 in 607
  4. Connecticut#155 · 1 in 843
  5. Hawaii#184 · 1 in 674

Best ever in a state: #30 in Texas, 1973.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Rhode Island#118141 in 591
District of Columbia#152181 in 731
Utah#153171 in 607
Connecticut#155291 in 843
Hawaii#18491 in 674
New York#1921681 in 1,002
Ohio#196941 in 1,127
Massachusetts#197391 in 1,371
Louisiana#200391 in 1,016
California#2031621 in 1,027
Illinois#206861 in 1,260
Oregon#207151 in 1,017
Tennessee#208301 in 1,220
Michigan#212691 in 1,306
Colorado#215181 in 1,050
New Jersey#222391 in 1,466
Missouri#225291 in 1,551
North Carolina#225371 in 1,326
Kansas#226161 in 1,360
South Carolina#228221 in 1,209
North Dakota#23061 in 1,157
Virginia#230281 in 1,450
Indiana#232331 in 1,517
Wisconsin#232241 in 1,851
Georgia#234321 in 1,398
Pennsylvania#235701 in 1,634
Maine#23661 in 1,646
Minnesota#246221 in 1,804
West Virginia#253111 in 1,666
Arizona#255121 in 1,199
Iowa#261151 in 1,909
Idaho#26251 in 1,269
Washington#263191 in 1,502
Florida#278271 in 1,808
Kentucky#283151 in 2,199
Mississippi#285151 in 1,731
Texas#285661 in 1,724
Arkansas#31981 in 2,226
New Mexico#34661 in 2,001
Alabama#353131 in 2,723
Maryland#37291 in 3,388
Oklahoma#38971 in 3,047
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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 Claudia
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 10 spots since 2024 (#1,086 → #1,096)
  • 75 spots since 2020 (#1,021 → #1,096)
  • 353 spots since 2015 (#743 → #1,096)
  • Biggest jump: 46 spots in 1933 (#347 → #301)
  • Biggest drop: 185 spots in 2019 (#865 → #1,050)
Rise & fade · girls
72 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1952 at #111 (3,383 births)
  • Births halved by 1957, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 139 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 139 yrs · run 1880–2018
Share of babies · girls
1 in 548
  • Highest: 1 in 548 girls born in 1952 were named Claudia (0.18%)
  • Latest: 1 in 7,339 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 18.0% of all girls named Claudia (23,150) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s626#208 (1881)#245
1890s933#258 (1890)#288
1900s1,200#278 (1906)#305
1910s2,932#293 (1911)#315
1920s3,756#322 (1921)#345
1930s5,999#198 (1939)#267
1940s19,174#120 (1944)#146
1950s23,150#111 (1952)#160
1960s9,999#259 (1960)#284
1970s13,615#167 (1974)#202
1980s13,800#181 (1981)#195
1990s16,520#167 (1997)#184
2000s11,220#200 (2000)#311
2010s3,999#512 (2010)#735
2020s1,395#1,021 (2020)#1,068

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.

Claudia in 1959

girls
#221
1,424 births · 1 in 1,421 girls
boys
#3,290
7 births · 1 in 304,931 boys

Top girls' names in 1959

  1. #1Mary54,502
  2. #2Susan41,617
  3. #3Linda40,410
  4. #4Karen36,784
  5. #5Donna36,468
  6. #6Patricia35,223
  7. #7Debra31,388
  8. #8Cynthia30,186
  9. #9Deborah29,546
  10. #10Lisa25,699
  11. #221Claudia1,424

Top boys' names in 1959

  1. #1Michael85,294
  2. #2David83,977
  3. #3James78,648
  4. #4John76,446
  5. #5Robert74,542
  6. #6Mark56,945
  7. #7William51,386
  8. #8Richard47,202
  9. #9Thomas40,296
  10. #10Steven33,597
  11. #3,290Claudia7
More about 1959

girls

2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 1,421 of them was named Claudia, which outranked 96.9% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Claudia
  1. #218Lillian1,468
  2. #219Tanya1,461
  3. #220Geraldine1,452
  4. #221Claudia1,424
  5. #222Dolores1,418
  6. #223Carole1,416
  7. #224Tracey1,410
Biggest movers since 1958
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,090Alesia#1,985 → #895
  2. ↑ 948Tori#1,791 → #843
  3. ↑ 440Taryn#1,211 → #771
  4. ↑ 437Venus#1,007 → #570
  5. ↑ 393Vilma#1,364 → #971
Fallers
  1. ↓ 283Dani#961 → #1,244
  2. ↓ 257Nicki#973 → #1,230
  3. ↓ 235Lanita#973 → #1,208
  4. ↓ 219Concetta#973 → #1,192
  5. ↓ 197Gisele#766 → #963

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

boys

2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 304,931 of them was named Claudia, which outranked 28.0% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Claudia
  1. #3,037Yaakov8
  2. #3,037Yogi8
  3. #3,037Zach8
  4. #3,290Claudia7
  5. #3,290Achille7
  6. #3,290Aharon7
  7. #3,290Alessandro7
  8. #3,619Addie6
  9. #3,619Agustine6
  10. #3,619Alban6

Tied with 328 names at #3,290; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1958
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,208Efrem#3,033 → #825
  2. ↑ 901Darin#1,677 → #776
  3. ↑ 871Yancy#1,557 → #686
  4. ↑ 708Raynard#1,677 → #969
  5. ↑ 644Darrin#1,396 → #752
Fallers
  1. ↓ 307Jace#761 → #1,068
  2. ↓ 241Otha#915 → #1,156
  3. ↓ 234Cheryl#994 → #1,228
  4. ↓ 230Dann#969 → #1,199
  5. ↓ 227Carnell#777 → #1,004

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

See the top 100 for 1959 →