Cliffton

#10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births

Peak · boys
1977 · 62 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,872
since 1912

Cliffton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Cliffton has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201976peak #1,099, 1977boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#10,6956
2024#12,3495
2023—
2022—
2021#10,7996
2020#12,0225
2019#12,1455
2018#8,1549
2017#12,2465
2016#10,7446
2015#10,6446
2014#4,70220
2013#9,6557
2012#7,55910
2011#12,2875
2010#9,6937
2009#8,3109
2008#8,3249
2007#6,62212
2006#7,42710
2005#7,09610
2004#5,00716
2003#5,55813
2002#8,4567
2001#4,30218
2000#4,38917
1999#3,48022
1998#4,19716
1997#3,06424
1996#3,83017
1995#3,85416
1994#3,75117
1993#3,36819
1992#2,90923
1991#3,32518
1990#2,48827
1989#1,85840
1988#1,81537
1987#1,89633
1986#1,58841
1985#1,38949
1984#1,44444
1983#1,53439
1982#1,11567
1981#1,19958
1980#1,17660
1979#1,19358
1978#1,18656
1977#1,09962
1976#1,33344
1975#1,22848
1974#1,22946
1973#1,81724
1972#1,81924
1971#1,66828
1970#1,88922
1969#1,64225
1968#1,96217
1967#1,80919
1966#2,21613
1965#1,85618
1964#1,46229
1963#1,65923
1962#1,62524
1961#1,82320
1960#2,42312
1959#1,86519
1958#1,83819
1957#1,67323
1956#1,29835
1955#2,04815
1954#2,31612
1953#2,28712
1952#1,80418
1951#2,13513
1950#1,94115
1949#2,22512
1948#2,44310
1947#3,0967
1946#1,75917
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1943#2,9647
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1941#2,20711
1940#2,4789
1939#3,1136
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1936#3,5495
1935#2,5299
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1932#3,3616
1931#3,7635
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1928#3,3577
1927#3,1518
1926—
1925#4,1975
1924#3,8676
1923#3,8226
1922#3,2528
1921#3,8696
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1919#3,1158
1918—
1917#3,5456
1916#3,1777
1915#3,0827
1914#2,9156
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1912#2,5445
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First appearance
1912

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 1976

No state had 5 or more boys named Cliffton in 1976, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Cliffton
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
65 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1977 at #1,099 (62 births)
  • Births halved by 1990, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 26,504
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 25.0% of all boys named Cliffton (468) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s39#2,544 (1912)#3,063
1920s46#3,151 (1927)#3,645
1930s31#2,529 (1935)#3,263
1940s73#1,759 (1946)#2,453
1950s181#1,298 (1956)#1,921
1960s200#1,462 (1964)#1,848
1970s412#1,099 (1977)#1,446
1980s468#1,115 (1982)#1,501
1990s199#2,488 (1990)#3,427
2000s121#4,302 (2001)#6,549
2010s80#4,702 (2014)#9,783
2020s22#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 1976

boys
#1,333
44 births · 1 in 35,659 boys

Top boys' names in 1976

  1. #1Michael66,915
  2. #2Jason52,643
  3. #3Christopher45,190
  4. #4David39,265
  5. #5James38,294
  6. #6John33,976
  7. #7Robert33,789
  8. #8Brian30,517
  9. #9Matthew29,951
  10. #10Daniel24,702
  11. #1,333Cliffton44
More about 1976

boys

1,569,007 boys got a published name in 1976; 1 in 35,659 of them was named Cliffton, which outranked 79.5% of the 6,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cliffton
  1. #1,320Monroe45
  2. #1,320Starsky45
  3. #1,320Vincente45
  4. #1,333Cliffton44
  5. #1,333Charlton44
  6. #1,333Christofer44
  7. #1,333Darrius44
  8. #1,346Alden43
  9. #1,346Anand43
  10. #1,346Antwone43

Tied with 12 names at #1,333; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1975
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,506Seneca#4,309 → #803
  2. ↑ 1,165Jameel#2,134 → #969
  3. ↑ 712Delvin#1,658 → #946
  4. ↑ 567Jerimy#1,530 → #963
  5. ↑ 510Jamaal#1,042 → #532
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,113Santino#1,000 → #2,113
  2. ↓ 511Carnell#900 → #1,411
  3. ↓ 453Nakia#337 → #790
  4. ↓ 395Charlton#938 → #1,333
  5. ↓ 376Benjiman#970 → #1,346

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1976 →