Claudius
2025 SSA
About Claudius
Claudius is one of the most user-friendly of the ancient Roman names – even though it's associated with the villainous character in Shakespeare's Hamlet. But as with feminine form Claudia, the "lame" meaning may stymie the rise of Claudius. Some etymologists theorize that the name may relate to the word for enclosure or clause, an alternate meaning that may appeal to a child with a form of this otherwise-appealing name.
Pronounced KLAW-dee-us.
As of October 2026, Claudius ranked #10930 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #780 in 1893.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Claudius on lists
Famous Claudiuss
- (Tiberius) Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Roman Emperor
- Claudius Gothicus
Roman Emperor
- Claudius Lysias
Roman tribune mentioned in the Bible
- Claudius Aelianus
Roman scholar of Greek
- Claudius Hart Huston
American industrialist and politician
- Benoit "Claudius" Crozet
French,American educator and civil engineer
- Claudius Salmasius
French classical scholar
- Claudius Clavus
Danish cartographer
Claudius in pop culture
- Claudius
king in Shakespeare's "Hamlet"
- Claudius Templesmith
announcer in The Hunger Games series
- "Claudius Bombarnac
" novel by Jules Verne and its main character
- "I
Claudius," a book by Robert Graves and miniseries about Roman Emperor Claudius