Claudia
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. Claudia is a common name in countries that speak Germanic languages and Romance languages.
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Meaning & Origin of Claudia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
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. Claudia is a common name in countries that speak Germanic languages and Romance languages.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
- German
- Dutch
- Swedish
- Italian
- Spanish
- Romanian
- Biblical
- Biblical Latin
- Ancient Roman
- Portuguese
- Catalan
The Story of Claudia
Claudia first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1880, with 48 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1952: 3,383 births, good for #111 nationwide. As of 2026, Claudia ranks #1,105 for baby girls with 219 births, falling sharply (-18%). All told, over 129K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Claudia
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Names that sound like Claudia
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About the name Claudia
Claudia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 129K births in the dataset. Claudia's peak popularity came in 1952 when it ranked #111. Use the chart and map above to compare Claudia's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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