How common is the name Claudia?

189,171 people in the United States have the first name Claudia, about 1 in 1,597. It ranks #294 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CLAUDIA

#294

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
189,171
About
1 in 1,597
This common or more
48.6%
Who bears it

Of the 189,171 people named Claudia, 62.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 31% as White and 4.6% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Claudia peaked in 1952, when 3,383 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1952
Births that year
3,383
In 2025*
219 ▼94%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 129,078 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Claudia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #273. The largest share of babies named Claudia, 30.1%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1880s#448626
1890s#448933
1900s#4631,205
1910s#5662,973
1920s#6333,839
1930s#4626,052
1940s#27319,256
1950s#29723,200
1960s#52210,043
1970s#37413,731
1980s#38413,994
1990s#37916,607
2000s#57611,225
2010s#1,3453,999
2020s#2,0211,395
Before 19011.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–275.6%
Silent Generation 1928–4512.2%
Baby boom 1946–6430.1%
Generation X 1965–8015.4%
Millennials 1981–9618.6%
Generation Z 1997–1213.9%
2013 and later3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Claudia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Claudia has been most common in California (2×), Texas (1.8×), and District of Columbia (1.5×), and least common in New Hampshire (0.25×).

122,056 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Claudia

#292 Nathaniel · 189,977#293 Ricardo · 189,959#295 Suzanne · 188,910#296 Dale · 188,893

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Claudia, most common first.

#1,178 Claude · 33,429#1,972 Claudio · 14,063#8,425 Claud · 1,721#11,056 Claudie · 1,177#19,928 Claudy · 524#23,465 Claudiu · 417#30,816 Clydia · 281#31,632 Cladia · 270

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