Cliffton
#10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
- Peak · boys
- 1977 · 62 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,872since 1912
Cliffton over time
Rank among boys' names. Cliffton has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | #10,695 | 6 |
| 2024 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #8,154 | 9 |
| 2017 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #4,702 | 20 |
| 2013 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | #7,559 | 10 |
| 2011 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #8,310 | 9 |
| 2008 | #8,324 | 9 |
| 2007 | #6,622 | 12 |
| 2006 | #7,427 | 10 |
| 2005 | #7,096 | 10 |
| 2004 | #5,007 | 16 |
| 2003 | #5,558 | 13 |
| 2002 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #4,302 | 18 |
| 2000 | #4,389 | 17 |
| 1999 | #3,480 | 22 |
| 1998 | #4,197 | 16 |
| 1997 | #3,064 | 24 |
| 1996 | #3,830 | 17 |
| 1995 | #3,854 | 16 |
| 1994 | #3,751 | 17 |
| 1993 | #3,368 | 19 |
| 1992 | #2,909 | 23 |
| 1991 | #3,325 | 18 |
| 1990 | #2,488 | 27 |
| 1989 | #1,858 | 40 |
| 1988 | #1,815 | 37 |
| 1987 | #1,896 | 33 |
| 1986 | #1,588 | 41 |
| 1985 | #1,389 | 49 |
| 1984 | #1,444 | 44 |
| 1983 | #1,534 | 39 |
| 1982 | #1,115 | 67 |
| 1981 | #1,199 | 58 |
| 1980 | #1,176 | 60 |
| 1979 | #1,193 | 58 |
| 1978 | #1,186 | 56 |
| 1977 | #1,099 | 62 |
| 1976 | #1,333 | 44 |
| 1975 | #1,228 | 48 |
| 1974 | #1,229 | 46 |
| 1973 | #1,817 | 24 |
| 1972 | #1,819 | 24 |
| 1971 | #1,668 | 28 |
| 1970 | #1,889 | 22 |
| 1969 | #1,642 | 25 |
| 1968 | #1,962 | 17 |
| 1967 | #1,809 | 19 |
| 1966 | #2,216 | 13 |
| 1965 | #1,856 | 18 |
| 1964 | #1,462 | 29 |
| 1963 | #1,659 | 23 |
| 1962 | #1,625 | 24 |
| 1961 | #1,823 | 20 |
| 1960 | #2,423 | 12 |
| 1959 | #1,865 | 19 |
| 1958 | #1,838 | 19 |
| 1957 | #1,673 | 23 |
| 1956 | #1,298 | 35 |
| 1955 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1954 | #2,316 | 12 |
| 1953 | #2,287 | 12 |
| 1952 | #1,804 | 18 |
| 1951 | #2,135 | 13 |
| 1950 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1949 | #2,225 | 12 |
| 1948 | #2,443 | 10 |
| 1947 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #1,759 | 17 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,115 | 8 |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #3,177 | 7 |
| 1915 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,544 | 5 |
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| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Cliffton! It came in at #2,544, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1912–1913, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Cliffton is popular in 1974
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#815 · 1 in 13,211
- Illinois#825 · 1 in 15,657
Best ever in a state: #451 in Ohio, 1985.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Texas | #815 | 8 | 1 in 13,211 |
| Illinois | #825 | 5 | 1 in 15,657 |
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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 Cliffton
- 1,654 spots since 2024 (#12,349 → #10,695)
- 1,327 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #10,695)
- 51 spots since 2015 (#10,644 → #10,695)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1977 at #1,099 (62 births)
- Births halved by 1990, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 26,504 boys born in 1977 were named Cliffton (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 25.0% of all boys named Cliffton (468) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 39 | #2,544 (1912) | #3,063 |
| 1920s | 46 | #3,151 (1927) | #3,645 |
| 1930s | 31 | #2,529 (1935) | #3,263 |
| 1940s | 73 | #1,759 (1946) | #2,453 |
| 1950s | 181 | #1,298 (1956) | #1,921 |
| 1960s | 200 | #1,462 (1964) | #1,848 |
| 1970s | 412 | #1,099 (1977) | #1,446 |
| 1980s | 468 | #1,115 (1982) | #1,501 |
| 1990s | 199 | #2,488 (1990) | #3,427 |
| 2000s | 121 | #4,302 (2001) | #6,549 |
| 2010s | 80 | #4,702 (2014) | #9,783 |
| 2020s | 22 | #10,695 (2025) | #11,466 |
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.
Cliffton in 1974
Top boys' names in 1974
More about 1974
boys
1,572,334 boys got a published name in 1974; 1 in 34,181 of them was named Cliffton, which outranked 79.5% of the 6,004 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,215Margarito47
- #1,215Omari47
- #1,215Rashid47
- #1,229Cliffton46
- #1,229Adonis46
- #1,229Channing46
- #1,229Corby46
- #1,244Alain45
- #1,244Alexandro45
- #1,244Anthoney45
Tied with 14 names at #1,229; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.