Claudia
Feminine form of the Roman family name Claudius, which came from the Latin adjective claudus, 'lame'. A woman named Claudia is greeted in the New Testament.
Claudia in 2025
Claudia was given to 219 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 2,085th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 15,139 babies born.
The history of Claudia
Claudia reached its highest point in 1952, when 3,383 babies were given the name, ranking 211th that year.
Across the 146 years of records since 1880, 129,078 babies have been named Claudia. Half of them were born before 1966, which places the name's centre of gravity with Generation X.
Claudia by decade
| Decade | Babies named Claudia | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 626 | 404 |
| 1890s | 933 | 404 |
| 1900s | 1,205 | 425 |
| 1910s | 2,973 | 471 |
| 1920s | 3,839 | 584 |
| 1930s | 6,052 | 366 |
| 1940s | 19,256 | 231 |
| 1950s | 23,200 | 211 |
| 1960s | 10,043 | 467 |
| 1970s | 13,731 | 319 |
| 1980s | 13,994 | 346 |
| 1990s | 16,607 | 351 |
| 2000s | 11,225 | 415 |
| 2010s | 3,999 | 969 |
| 2020s | 1,395 | 1,912 |
Where Claudia is heading
Claudia has fallen 42% over the past decade, from 379 babies in 2015 to 219 in 2025.
Names like Claudia
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Claudia.