Clifton
Last seen for girls in 1988 at #8,391 · #1,906 for boys in 2025, 82 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1915 · 820 births
- Debut · boys
- 38 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 70,249since 1880
Clifton over time
Rank among boys' names. Clifton has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,906 | 82 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,735 | 95 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,640 | 105 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,965 | 78 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,763 | 91 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,503 | 112 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,606 | 103 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,606 | 102 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,510 | 110 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,724 | 90 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,475 | 113 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,414 | 119 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,483 | 110 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,314 | 130 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,459 | 112 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,517 | 107 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,314 | 132 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,325 | 131 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,152 | 154 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,154 | 146 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,062 | 156 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,029 | 159 | |
| 2003 | — | #946 | 173 | |
| 2002 | — | #970 | 163 | |
| 2001 | — | #818 | 201 | |
| 2000 | — | #739 | 232 | |
| 1999 | — | #747 | 215 | |
| 1998 | — | #696 | 240 | |
| 1997 | — | #715 | 221 | |
| 1996 | — | #695 | 232 | |
| 1995 | — | #663 | 249 | |
| 1994 | — | #635 | 267 | |
| 1993 | — | #584 | 311 | |
| 1992 | — | #537 | 355 | |
| 1991 | — | #490 | 411 | |
| 1990 | — | #472 | 440 | |
| 1989 | — | #413 | 506 | |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | #382 | 518 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #351 | 552 |
| 1986 | — | #326 | 609 | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #317 | 643 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #304 | 644 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #317 | 609 |
| 1982 | — | #285 | 718 | |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #272 | 788 |
| 1980 | — | #269 | 804 | |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | #266 | 782 |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | #242 | 863 |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 | #247 | 828 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | #233 | 871 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | #186 | 1,214 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | #257 | 753 |
| 1973 | — | #316 | 556 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #297 | 623 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #304 | 643 |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 | #301 | 672 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | #293 | 665 |
| 1968 | — | #281 | 684 | |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | #281 | 664 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #277 | 696 |
| 1965 | — | #287 | 684 | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #265 | 836 |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | #273 | 792 |
| 1962 | — | #262 | 855 | |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | #270 | 868 |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #270 | 873 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | #262 | 926 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #250 | 999 |
| 1957 | — | #234 | 1,058 | |
| 1956 | — | #232 | 997 | |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #227 | 982 |
| 1954 | — | #215 | 1,038 | |
| 1953 | — | #218 | 960 | |
| 1952 | — | #214 | 942 | |
| 1951 | — | #209 | 955 | |
| 1950 | — | #201 | 1,024 | |
| 1949 | — | #204 | 982 | |
| 1948 | — | #205 | 944 | |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | #204 | 965 |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | #214 | 802 |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | #199 | 722 |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #195 | 765 |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | #187 | 857 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 | #198 | 793 |
| 1941 | — | #203 | 675 | |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | #202 | 643 |
| 1939 | — | #194 | 662 | |
| 1938 | — | #197 | 648 | |
| 1937 | — | #193 | 669 | |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | #193 | 640 |
| 1935 | — | #196 | 648 | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #189 | 666 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | #177 | 733 |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #183 | 739 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | #188 | 697 |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #184 | 755 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 | #178 | 781 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #183 | 781 |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 | #163 | 919 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | #165 | 884 |
| 1925 | — | #171 | 891 | |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | #172 | 847 |
| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 | #166 | 900 |
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 | #168 | 887 |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | #160 | 932 |
| 1920 | #2,899 | 11 | #157 | 910 |
| 1919 | #3,219 | 9 | #150 | 884 |
| 1918 | #3,024 | 10 | #152 | 934 |
| 1917 | #2,552 | 12 | #159 | 794 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #156 | 770 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #144 | 820 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | #150 | 616 |
| 1913 | #2,034 | 10 | #149 | 497 |
| 1912 | — | #148 | 404 | |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | #163 | 206 |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | #168 | 178 |
| 1909 | — | #159 | 157 | |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | #162 | 143 |
| 1907 | — | #171 | 126 | |
| 1906 | — | #173 | 105 | |
| 1905 | — | #165 | 121 | |
| 1904 | — | #164 | 115 | |
| 1903 | — | #159 | 110 | |
| 1902 | — | #156 | 112 | |
| 1901 | — | #154 | 101 | |
| 1900 | — | #189 | 107 | |
| 1899 | — | #160 | 94 | |
| 1898 | — | #186 | 83 | |
| 1897 | — | #194 | 78 | |
| 1896 | — | #168 | 95 | |
| 1895 | — | #169 | 92 | |
| 1894 | — | #165 | 93 | |
| 1893 | — | #193 | 75 | |
| 1892 | — | #213 | 68 | |
| 1891 | — | #161 | 80 | |
| 1890 | — | #219 | 57 | |
| 1889 | — | #217 | 59 | |
| 1888 | — | #219 | 64 | |
| 1887 | — | #244 | 43 | |
| 1886 | — | #262 | 42 | |
| 1885 | — | #220 | 54 | |
| 1884 | — | #269 | 40 | |
| 1883 | — | #324 | 26 | |
| 1882 | — | #231 | 51 | |
| 1881 | — | #252 | 39 | |
| 1880 | — | #273 | 38 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Clifton was already there! It came in at #273, and was given to 38 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 27 boys a year got the name.
Where Clifton is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#110 · 1 in 513
- Arkansas#120 · 1 in 614
- North Carolina#121 · 1 in 688
- South Carolina#126 · 1 in 639
- Virginia#137 · 1 in 843
Best ever in a state: #37 in Delaware, 1916.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #110 | 36 | 1 in 513 |
| Arkansas | #120 | 24 | 1 in 614 |
| North Carolina | #121 | 54 | 1 in 688 |
| South Carolina | #126 | 32 | 1 in 639 |
| Virginia | #137 | 38 | 1 in 843 |
| Alabama | #145 | 35 | 1 in 737 |
| Maryland | #155 | 22 | 1 in 970 |
| Georgia | #166 | 40 | 1 in 944 |
| West Virginia | #174 | 9 | 1 in 1,518 |
| Tennessee | #180 | 26 | 1 in 1,228 |
| District of Columbia | #183 | 8 | 1 in 959 |
| Louisiana | #186 | 33 | 1 in 1,001 |
| Kansas | #191 | 11 | 1 in 1,416 |
| Oklahoma | #191 | 14 | 1 in 1,418 |
| Kentucky | #199 | 16 | 1 in 1,707 |
| Texas | #219 | 91 | 1 in 1,265 |
| Utah | #222 | 9 | 1 in 1,985 |
| Colorado | #226 | 12 | 1 in 1,678 |
| Hawaii | #226 | 6 | 1 in 1,057 |
| Florida | #238 | 33 | 1 in 1,546 |
| Arizona | #241 | 13 | 1 in 1,460 |
| Illinois | #241 | 44 | 1 in 1,804 |
| New Mexico | #246 | 8 | 1 in 1,262 |
| Michigan | #260 | 23 | 1 in 2,793 |
| Indiana | #266 | 14 | 1 in 2,807 |
| Missouri | #266 | 13 | 1 in 2,689 |
| Ohio | #278 | 24 | 1 in 3,211 |
| Massachusetts | #294 | 8 | 1 in 4,144 |
| Wisconsin | #295 | 8 | 1 in 4,016 |
| Pennsylvania | #303 | 18 | 1 in 4,076 |
| New York | #304 | 40 | 1 in 2,756 |
| Minnesota | #321 | 6 | 1 in 4,911 |
| New Jersey | #322 | 13 | 1 in 3,183 |
| California | #381 | 47 | 1 in 3,594 |
| Washington | #429 | 5 | 1 in 5,356 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
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| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Clifton
- 171 spots since 2024 (#1,735 → #1,906)
- 403 spots since 2020 (#1,503 → #1,906)
- 431 spots since 2015 (#1,475 → #1,906)
- Biggest jump: 71 spots in 1975 (#257 → #186)
- Biggest drop: 152 spots in 2002 (#818 → #970)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1915 at #144 (820 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 77 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 124 yrs · run 1880–2003
- Highest: 1 in 1,031 boys born in 1913 were named Clifton (0.10%)
- Latest: 1 in 20,830 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #144 in 1915, was only 1 in 1,035 (0.10%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 14.1% of all boys named Clifton (9,881) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 456 | #217 (1889) | #251 |
| 1890s | 815 | #160 (1899) | #183 |
| 1900s | 1,197 | #154 (1901) | #165 |
| 1910s | 6,103 | #144 (1915) | #154 |
| 1920s | 8,732 | #157 (1920) | #168 |
| 1930s | 6,857 | #177 (1933) | #189 |
| 1940s | 8,148 | #187 (1943) | #201 |
| 1950s | 9,881 | #201 (1950) | #226 |
| 1960s | 7,617 | #262 (1962) | #276 |
| 1970s | 7,805 | #186 (1975) | #265 |
| 1980s | 6,391 | #269 (1980) | #324 |
| 1990s | 2,941 | #472 (1990) | #623 |
| 2000s | 1,647 | #739 (2000) | #1,051 |
| 2010s | 1,096 | #1,314 (2012) | #1,511 |
| 2020s | 563 | #1,503 (2020) | #1,752 |
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.
Clifton in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 218,837 of them was named Clifton, which outranked 33.3% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,948Zenda8
- #6,948Zona8
- #6,948Zora8
- #7,649Clifton7
- #7,649Abi7
- #7,649Abigal7
- #7,649Abimbola7
- #8,562Aba6
- #8,562Adama6
- #8,562Adebola6
Tied with 912 names at #7,649; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 1,902 of them was named Clifton, which outranked 96.4% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.