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Claudia

Claudia: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“lame; crippled”
Origin
Latin
Say it
KLAW-dee-uh · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Feminine form of Claudius, an ancient Roman family name. The original meaning is traditional but the name has long been used apart from its literal sense.

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How popular is Claudia?

202468.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Claudia in 2024225

2024 rank#1,090 girls

Peak year1952

Total US babies since 1880128,853

Claudia is fading: recent use is about 54% of its level ten years before.

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Claudia questions

What does the name Claudia mean?

Claudia means "lame; crippled". It comes from Latin. Feminine form of Claudius, an ancient Roman family name. The original meaning is traditional but the name has long been used apart from its literal sense.

Is Claudia a boy or girl name?

Claudia is mainly a girl's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Claudia?

225 US babies were named Claudia in 2024. Its peak year was 1952.

How do you pronounce Claudia?

Claudia is usually pronounced KLAW-dee-uh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.