# Claudia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/claudia/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈklɔː.di.ə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 129,078 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 760 / 128,318 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 5,464, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

In use from the 16th century. Borrowed from Latin Claudia.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 475 | 604 |
| 2012 | 485 | 595 |
| 2013 | 434 | 657 |
| 2014 | 384 | 731 |
| 2015 | 379 | 744 |
| 2016 | 374 | 763 |
| 2017 | 326 | 834 |
| 2018 | 313 | 867 |
| 2019 | 244 | 1,051 |
| 2020 | 246 | 1,021 |
| 2021 | 246 | 1,030 |
| 2022 | 228 | 1,096 |
| 2023 | 229 | 1,083 |
| 2024 | 227 | 1,087 |
| 2025 | 219 | 1,096 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 16 | 2,809 |
| 1984 | 22 | 2,307 |
| 1985 | 20 | 2,519 |
| 1986 | 21 | 2,528 |
| 1987 | 18 | 2,856 |
| 1988 | 23 | 2,527 |
| 1989 | 19 | 3,113 |
| 1990 | 22 | 2,878 |
| 1991 | 20 | 3,127 |
| 1992 | 10 | 5,298 |
| 1993 | 13 | 4,487 |
| 1994 | 9 | 5,941 |
| 1996 | 8 | 6,604 |
| 1999 | 5 | 10,184 |
| 2002 | 5 | 10,965 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 167 | 294 |
| 2012 | 178 | 277 |
| 2013 | 168 | 280 |
| 2014 | 153 | 306 |
| 2015 | 150 | 314 |
| 2016 | 146 | 335 |
| 2017 | 117 | 386 |
| 2018 | 110 | 402 |
| 2019 | 73 | 554 |
| 2020 | 63 | 609 |
| 2021 | 78 | 521 |
| 2022 | 71 | 550 |
| 2023 | 57 | 637 |
| 2024 | 47 | 795 |
| 2025 | 58 | 658 |

## In other languages

- Catalan: Clàudia
- Chinese: 克勞迪婭 /克劳迪娅
- Czech: Klaudie
- French: Claudie
- German: Claudia
- Italian: Claudia
- Latvian: Klaudija
- Polish: Klaudia
- Portuguese: Cláudia
- Russian: Кла́вдия
- Spanish: Claudia

## People named Claudia

- Claudia Schiffer, German model
- Claudia Goldin, American economist; Nobel prize winner
- Claudia Black, Australian actress
- Claudia Leitte, Brazilian singer
- Claudia Christian, American actress
- Cláudia Abreu, Brazilian actress
- Claudia Maria Poll, Costa Rican swimmer
- Claudia Pina, association football player
- Claudia Karvan, Australian actress
- Claudia Wells, American actress
- Claudia Kolb, American swimmer
- Claudia Heill, Austrian judoka

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.