Clifton
Clifton is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 94 births. Its best rank was 144th, in 1915.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 940.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 19751,214 births
- Best rank
- #144in 1915
- Since 1880
- 70,164people given the name
The story in the numbers
70,164 boys have been named Clifton in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1975, with 1,214 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1952, and the 1950s alone account for 14%. It has spent 124 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Clifton | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 456 | |
| 1890s | 815 | |
| 1900s | 1,197 | |
| 1910s | 6,104 | |
| 1920s | 8,732 | |
| 1930s | 6,857 | |
| 1940s | 8,148 | |
| 1950s | 9,881 | |
| 1960s | 7,615 | |
| 1970s | 7,805 | |
| 1980s | 6,391 | |
| 1990s | 2,941 | |
| 2000s | 1,647 | |
| 2010s | 1,095 | |
| 2020s | 480 |
In 1975, its biggest year
Clifton was the 186th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1975 were Michael, Jason, Christopher, James and David. See all of 1975.
Names that rose and fell with Clifton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Mauricepeak 1921
- Cliffordpeak 1925
- Carlpeak 1956
- Laurencepeak 1952
- Gilbertpeak 1930
- Raymondpeak 1924
- Eltonpeak 1920
- Petepeak 1959
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.