# Claudius (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/claudius/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈklɔdiəs/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 928 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 928 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Claudius. Doublet of Claude.

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 7 | 6,785 |
| 1993 | 7 | 6,945 |
| 1994 | 10 | 5,522 |
| 1996 | 6 | 8,124 |
| 1997 | 7 | 7,422 |
| 1999 | 10 | 6,122 |
| 2000 | 6 | 9,289 |
| 2001 | 5 | 10,867 |
| 2003 | 7 | 8,823 |
| 2004 | 5 | 11,675 |
| 2012 | 5 | 12,622 |
| 2013 | 7 | 9,842 |
| 2018 | 7 | 9,872 |
| 2019 | 5 | 12,523 |
| 2025 | 6 | 10,930 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |

## People named Claudius

- Claudius James Rich, British business agent, traveller and antiquarian (1787-1821)
- Claudius Clavus, Danish geographer
- Claudius Buchanan, British theologian
- Claudius Regaud, French physician
- Ravachol, French anarchist (1859-1892)

## 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.