Cliff
#2,884 for boys in 2025, 43 births
- Peak · boys
- 1886 · 23 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,307since 1880
Cliff over time
Rank among boys' names. Cliff has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,884 | 43 |
| 2024 | #3,001 | 41 |
| 2023 | #3,117 | 39 |
| 2022 | #3,464 | 33 |
| 2021 | #3,740 | 29 |
| 2020 | #2,658 | 47 |
| 2019 | #4,003 | 26 |
| 2018 | #4,610 | 21 |
| 2017 | #4,224 | 24 |
| 2016 | #4,943 | 19 |
| 2015 | #5,289 | 17 |
| 2014 | #4,702 | 20 |
| 2013 | #5,923 | 14 |
| 2012 | #6,306 | 13 |
| 2011 | #4,509 | 21 |
| 2010 | #4,848 | 19 |
| 2009 | #6,802 | 12 |
| 2008 | #5,487 | 16 |
| 2007 | #4,640 | 20 |
| 2006 | #4,865 | 18 |
| 2005 | #4,824 | 17 |
| 2004 | #5,492 | 14 |
| 2003 | #5,035 | 15 |
| 2002 | #5,131 | 14 |
| 2001 | #4,121 | 19 |
| 2000 | #3,075 | 28 |
| 1999 | #3,591 | 21 |
| 1998 | #2,926 | 27 |
| 1997 | #2,750 | 28 |
| 1996 | #3,202 | 22 |
| 1995 | #2,923 | 24 |
| 1994 | #2,847 | 25 |
| 1993 | #3,042 | 22 |
| 1992 | #1,778 | 47 |
| 1991 | #1,573 | 54 |
| 1990 | #1,564 | 53 |
| 1989 | #1,281 | 72 |
| 1988 | #1,215 | 70 |
| 1987 | #1,202 | 64 |
| 1986 | #1,023 | 82 |
| 1985 | #866 | 109 |
| 1984 | #800 | 119 |
| 1983 | #743 | 135 |
| 1982 | #729 | 142 |
| 1981 | #714 | 146 |
| 1980 | #733 | 143 |
| 1979 | #798 | 118 |
| 1978 | #901 | 91 |
| 1977 | #899 | 89 |
| 1976 | #911 | 83 |
| 1975 | #916 | 80 |
| 1974 | #807 | 99 |
| 1973 | #763 | 110 |
| 1972 | #783 | 104 |
| 1971 | #723 | 130 |
| 1970 | #653 | 157 |
| 1969 | #651 | 147 |
| 1968 | #675 | 124 |
| 1967 | #660 | 128 |
| 1966 | #606 | 151 |
| 1965 | #578 | 174 |
| 1964 | #513 | 230 |
| 1963 | #494 | 262 |
| 1962 | #526 | 229 |
| 1961 | #478 | 280 |
| 1960 | #497 | 251 |
| 1959 | #455 | 310 |
| 1958 | #494 | 247 |
| 1957 | #496 | 247 |
| 1956 | #626 | 147 |
| 1955 | #608 | 148 |
| 1954 | #649 | 127 |
| 1953 | #744 | 92 |
| 1952 | #751 | 88 |
| 1951 | #852 | 67 |
| 1950 | #706 | 94 |
| 1949 | #729 | 89 |
| 1948 | #647 | 109 |
| 1947 | #572 | 140 |
| 1946 | #648 | 99 |
| 1945 | #612 | 97 |
| 1944 | #667 | 86 |
| 1943 | #751 | 74 |
| 1942 | #740 | 75 |
| 1941 | #746 | 69 |
| 1940 | #718 | 72 |
| 1939 | #707 | 71 |
| 1938 | #825 | 56 |
| 1937 | #764 | 64 |
| 1936 | #816 | 56 |
| 1935 | #803 | 59 |
| 1934 | #828 | 57 |
| 1933 | #946 | 44 |
| 1932 | #963 | 46 |
| 1931 | #959 | 47 |
| 1930 | #1,021 | 45 |
| 1929 | #1,026 | 44 |
| 1928 | #1,254 | 33 |
| 1927 | #1,128 | 40 |
| 1926 | #1,018 | 46 |
| 1925 | #1,164 | 37 |
| 1924 | #1,458 | 27 |
| 1923 | #992 | 49 |
| 1922 | #1,140 | 39 |
| 1921 | #1,026 | 46 |
| 1920 | #1,073 | 43 |
| 1919 | #1,047 | 42 |
| 1918 | #996 | 45 |
| 1917 | #1,017 | 41 |
| 1916 | #877 | 52 |
| 1915 | #791 | 58 |
| 1914 | #949 | 34 |
| 1913 | #1,311 | 16 |
| 1912 | #835 | 28 |
| 1911 | #689 | 21 |
| 1910 | #654 | 20 |
| 1909 | #615 | 19 |
| 1908 | #553 | 21 |
| 1907 | #591 | 18 |
| 1906 | #472 | 22 |
| 1905 | #463 | 23 |
| 1904 | #431 | 24 |
| 1903 | #487 | 19 |
| 1902 | #536 | 16 |
| 1901 | #506 | 15 |
| 1900 | #603 | 17 |
| 1899 | #502 | 15 |
| 1898 | #485 | 18 |
| 1897 | #495 | 16 |
| 1896 | #592 | 13 |
| 1895 | #426 | 21 |
| 1894 | #480 | 17 |
| 1893 | #448 | 17 |
| 1892 | #572 | 13 |
| 1891 | #524 | 12 |
| 1890 | #489 | 15 |
| 1889 | #482 | 15 |
| 1888 | #505 | 15 |
| 1887 | #409 | 17 |
| 1886 | #357 | 23 |
| 1885 | #498 | 14 |
| 1884 | #520 | 13 |
| 1883 | #597 | 10 |
| 1882 | #514 | 13 |
| 1881 | #866 | 5 |
| 1880 | #745 | 7 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Cliff was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
Where Cliff is popular in 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oregon#195 · 1 in 1,581
- California#368 · 1 in 5,271
Best ever in a state: #173 in Washington, 1934.
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| Oregon | #195 | 5 | 1 in 1,581 |
| California | #368 | 10 | 1 in 5,271 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Cliff
- 117 spots since 2024 (#3,001 → #2,884)
- 226 spots since 2020 (#2,658 → #2,884)
- 2,405 spots since 2015 (#5,289 → #2,884)
- Biggest jump: 362 spots in 1914 (#1,311 → #949)
- Biggest drop: 476 spots in 1913 (#835 → #1,311)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1886 at #357 (23 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 93 yrs · run 1931–1985
- Highest: 1 in 4,817 boys born in 1886 were named Cliff (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 39,723 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 21.2% of all boys named Cliff (1,976) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 132 | #357 (1886) | #549 |
| 1890s | 157 | #426 (1895) | #501 |
| 1900s | 194 | #431 (1904) | #526 |
| 1910s | 357 | #654 (1910) | #917 |
| 1920s | 404 | #992 (1923) | #1,128 |
| 1930s | 545 | #707 (1939) | #863 |
| 1940s | 910 | #572 (1947) | #683 |
| 1950s | 1,567 | #455 (1959) | #638 |
| 1960s | 1,976 | #478 (1961) | #568 |
| 1970s | 1,061 | #653 (1970) | #815 |
| 1980s | 1,082 | #714 (1981) | #931 |
| 1990s | 323 | #1,564 (1990) | #2,620 |
| 2000s | 173 | #3,075 (2000) | #4,947 |
| 2010s | 194 | #4,003 (2019) | #4,936 |
| 2020s | 232 | #2,658 (2020) | #3,144 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Cliff in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 16,100 of them was named Cliff, which outranked 81.8% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).