as a First Name
From the Latin female name, a feminine form of Claudius. The name is mentioned in one of St Paul's letters to Timothy (2, 4:21 ‘Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren’), as a result of which it was taken up in the 16th century and has since maintained a steady popularity.
| 323rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 164,921
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- California
- has the most people named Claudia per capita
- 1952
- marked the height of its popularity
99.80%
0.20%
36%
55+
55+
28%
30-54
30-54
16%
13-29
13-29
20%
0-12
0-12
Top state populations
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