Girls' name · peaked in 1936

Claudette name popularity since 1925

18,695 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Claudette. Half of them were born in 1949 or earlier, so the typical Claudette is about 77 years old in 2026. Claudette peaked in 1936 as the #232 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 18,695; Named Claudette, 1925–2025
Peak year: 1936; #232 for girls that year
Typical age: About 77; Median birth year 1949
In 2025: Not top 1,000; #10,266 for girls in 2025
Girls / boys: 99.9% girls; 18,684 girls · 11 boys
Most popular in: Maine; 9.77× its national share

Peak year is the year Claudette made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Claudette births per year, 1925–2025

The biggest year by count was 1935. Measured as a share of all babies, Claudette peaked in 1936.

Fastest rise: Between 1931 and 1936, Claudette became 6.1× more common.
Steepest fall: Between 1938 and 1943, its share of baby girls fell by 45%, from 1 in 1,610 to 1 in 2,900.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Claudette's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Claudette.

Decade by decade

Babies named Claudette in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade	Girls	Boys	Rank
1925–29	71	0	–
1930s	4,334	6	#238
1940s	5,047	0	#322
1950s	4,192	5	#466
1960s	2,545	0	#647
1970s	1,308	0	#1,023
1980s	535	0	#1,977
1990s	265	0	#3,901
2000s	225	0	#5,481
2010s	109	0	#8,564
2020–25	53	0	#10,266

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

42.3% of babies named Claudette from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:

Where Claudette is most popular

The index compares Claudette's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Claudette.

State	Index	Babies
Maine	9.77×	659
Louisiana	3.31×	936
Massachusetts	2.19×	820
Alabama	1.47×	410
Illinois	1.34×	1,030

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Claudette's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Claudette.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Claudette (1936).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data