Claudia

Primarily a girl's name · 99% girls

Meaning

Claudia is a female given name equivalent to Claudius or Claudio. In Portuguese, it is accented Cláudia. A variant and cognate form is Klaudia. It was originally used to refer to any woman who belonged to the ancient Roman Claudia gens.

From Wikipedia

Claudia first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1952 with 3,383 babies (rank #111 that year). In 2024 it was given to 225 girls (rank #1,090). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Claudia

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Claudia yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

6Destiny numberThe carerNurturing, responsible, family at the centre.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
5Soul urgeThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
1PersonalityThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

128,853

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

3,383

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Claudia

Claudia Schifferfilm actor · b. 1970
Claudia Goldinuniversity teacher · b. 1946
Claudia Blackfilm actor · b. 1972
Claudia Kimfilm actor · b. 1985
Claudia Leitterecording artist · b. 1980

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	48	#223
1881	52	#209
1882	49	#247
1883	58	#235
1884	50	#276
1885	67	#247
1886	59	#270
1887	74	#243
1888	81	#257
1889	88	#248
1890	95	#258
1891	81	#276
1892	95	#272
1893	89	#281
1894	108	#263
1895	96	#289
1896	92	#304
1897	85	#316
1898	103	#310
1899	89	#316
1900	125	#293
1901	84	#331
1902	97	#318
1903	98	#316
1904	100	#328
1905	122	#304
1906	142	#278
1907	143	#290
1908	134	#306
1909	155	#290
1910	137	#335
1911	178	#293
1912	224	#301
1913	235	#311
1914	285	#309
1915	387	#295
1916	361	#320
1917	342	#336
1918	428	#309
1919	355	#339
1920	389	#329
1921	419	#322
1922	401	#324
1923	356	#352
1924	380	#350
1925	376	#349
1926	386	#338
1927	361	#358
1928	376	#349
1929	312	#380
1930	338	#366
1931	375	#330
1932	331	#347
1933	411	#301
1934	500	#274
1935	719	#233
1936	792	#207
1937	795	#209
1938	837	#208
1939	901	#198
1940	863	#205
1941	1,019	#185
1942	1,360	#172
1943	1,584	#159
1944	2,220	#120
1945	1,911	#127
1946	2,308	#124
1947	2,766	#122
1948	2,624	#122
1949	2,519	#127
1950	2,536	#126
1951	2,865	#123
1952	3,383	#111
1953	2,858	#126
1954	2,515	#145
1955	2,410	#151
1956	1,915	#186
1957	1,663	#204
1958	1,581	#206
1959	1,423	#221
1960	1,192	#259
1961	1,162	#264
1962	1,000	#290
1963	1,005	#291
1964	998	#291
1965	820	#314
1966	797	#315
1967	908	#282
1968	994	#274
1969	1,123	#259
1970	1,228	#252
1971	1,251	#237
1972	1,365	#203
1973	1,566	#176
1974	1,610	#167
1975	1,444	#180
1976	1,413	#182
1977	1,232	#207
1978	1,201	#214
1979	1,308	#203
1980	1,404	#191
1981	1,531	#181
1982	1,438	#191
1983	1,353	#195
1984	1,353	#198
1985	1,398	#193
1986	1,333	#195
1987	1,304	#206
1988	1,267	#208
1989	1,416	#192
1990	1,496	#197
1991	1,569	#191
1992	1,596	#190
1993	1,593	#183
1994	1,506	#198
1995	1,750	#172
1996	1,807	#174
1997	1,837	#168
1998	1,706	#179
1999	1,660	#186
2000	1,609	#200
2001	1,495	#212
2002	1,396	#224
2003	1,303	#251
2004	1,202	#270
2005	1,022	#313
2006	966	#342
2007	814	#403
2008	771	#418
2009	642	#481
2010	585	#513
2011	474	#607
2012	485	#595
2013	434	#657
2014	384	#731
2015	379	#744
2016	374	#763
2017	326	#834
2018	313	#866
2019	243	#1,053
2020	245	#1,024
2021	246	#1,029
2022	228	#1,094
2023	229	#1,080
2024	225	#1,090