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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

ClaudiaIn Hebrew: קלאודיה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Claudia (Hebrew: קלאודיה) is a girl's name of international origin. 733 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1961, with 46 babies.

People in Israel
733
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1961
46 babies
USA, 2025
219
rank #1,096

Writing and saying Claudia

In Hebrew letters the name is קלאודיה, read right to left. Claudia is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Claudia by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Claudia: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Claudia in English-speaking countries

Claudia in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025219#1,0961952 (3,383)
United Kingdom202563#6551998 (401)
England and Wales202558#6581998 (366)
Scotland20255#5391997 (19)
Ireland20257#4732001 (49)
Alberta20252#1,6181998 (22)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Claudia has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Claudia

How do you write Claudia in Hebrew?

Claudia is written קלאודיה in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Claudia?

733 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name קלאודיה: 733 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Claudia a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named קלאודיה are women.

Is Claudia used outside Israel?

The name Claudia appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 219 girls were given it in 2025 (#1,096), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 63 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.