Clifton
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
#1906
recorded as boys
Down 171 since 2024
Babies in 2025
82
boys 82
Peak year
1913
497 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
70,685
since 1880
Born a Clifton? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Clifton was most popular in 1913, when 497 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.97 per 1,000). In 2025, 82 babies were named Clifton, ranking #1906 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 82 | 1906 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 95 | 1735 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 105 | 1640 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 78 | 1965 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 91 | 1763 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 112 | 1503 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 103 | 1606 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 102 | 1606 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 110 | 1510 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 90 | 1724 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 113 | 1475 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 119 | 1414 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 110 | 1483 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 130 | 1314 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 112 | 1459 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 107 | 1517 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 132 | 1314 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 131 | 1325 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 154 | 1152 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 146 | 1154 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 156 | 1062 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 159 | 1029 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 173 | 946 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 163 | 970 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 201 | 818 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 232 | 739 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 215 | 747 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 240 | 696 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 221 | 715 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 232 | 695 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 249 | 663 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 267 | 635 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 311 | 584 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 355 | 537 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 411 | 490 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 440 | 472 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 506 | 413 |
| 1988 | 8 | 8391 | 518 | 382 |
| 1987 | 5 | 11325 | 552 | 351 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 609 | 326 |
| 1985 | 8 | 7563 | 643 | 317 |
| 1984 | 6 | 9144 | 644 | 304 |
| 1983 | 6 | 9015 | 609 | 317 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 718 | 285 |
| 1981 | 6 | 9110 | 788 | 272 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 804 | 269 |
| 1979 | 11 | 5751 | 782 | 266 |
| 1978 | 7 | 7649 | 863 | 242 |
| 1977 | 11 | 5532 | 828 | 247 |
| 1976 | 11 | 5215 | 871 | 233 |
| 1975 | 10 | 5516 | 1,214 | 186 |
| 1974 | 10 | 5360 | 753 | 257 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 556 | 316 |
| 1972 | 5 | 8292 | 623 | 297 |
| 1971 | 6 | 7388 | 643 | 304 |
| 1970 | 13 | 4246 | 672 | 301 |
| 1969 | 9 | 5057 | 665 | 293 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 684 | 281 |
| 1967 | 7 | 5457 | 664 | 281 |
| 1966 | 5 | 6564 | 696 | 277 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 684 | 287 |
| 1964 | 6 | 6009 | 836 | 265 |
| 1963 | 9 | 4539 | 792 | 273 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 855 | 262 |
| 1961 | 6 | 5851 | 868 | 270 |
| 1960 | 5 | 6390 | 873 | 270 |
| 1959 | 7 | 5031 | 926 | 262 |
| 1958 | 6 | 5408 | 999 | 250 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 1,058 | 234 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 997 | 232 |
| 1955 | 6 | 5208 | 982 | 227 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 1,038 | 215 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 960 | 218 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 942 | 214 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 955 | 209 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 1,024 | 201 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 982 | 204 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 944 | 205 |
| 1947 | 8 | 4007 | 965 | 204 |
| 1946 | 7 | 3994 | 802 | 214 |
| 1945 | 7 | 3676 | 722 | 199 |
| 1944 | 6 | 4054 | 765 | 195 |
| 1943 | 7 | 3801 | 857 | 187 |
| 1942 | 11 | 2817 | 793 | 198 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 675 | 203 |
| 1940 | 8 | 3208 | 643 | 202 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 662 | 194 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 648 | 197 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 669 | 193 |
| 1936 | 7 | 3376 | 640 | 193 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 648 | 196 |
| 1934 | 5 | 4286 | 666 | 189 |
| 1933 | 8 | 3109 | 733 | 177 |
| 1932 | 6 | 3901 | 739 | 183 |
| 1931 | 7 | 3497 | 697 | 188 |
| 1930 | 5 | 4550 | 755 | 184 |
| 1929 | 10 | 2921 | 781 | 178 |
| 1928 | 6 | 4195 | 781 | 183 |
| 1927 | 9 | 3284 | 919 | 163 |
| 1926 | 8 | 3564 | 884 | 165 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 891 | 171 |
| 1924 | 6 | 4434 | 847 | 172 |
| 1923 | 10 | 3125 | 900 | 166 |
| 1922 | 11 | 2958 | 887 | 168 |
| 1921 | 7 | 4023 | 932 | 160 |
| 1920 | 11 | 2899 | 910 | 157 |
| 1919 | 9 | 3219 | 884 | 150 |
| 1918 | 10 | 3024 | 934 | 152 |
| 1917 | 12 | 2552 | 794 | 159 |
| 1916 | 5 | 4417 | 770 | 156 |
| 1915 | 7 | 3434 | 820 | 144 |
| 1914 | 8 | 2638 | 616 | 150 |
| 1913 | 10 | 2034 | 497 | 149 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 404 | 148 |
| 1911 | 5 | 2463 | 206 | 163 |
| 1910 | 6 | 2140 | 178 | 168 |
| 1909 | <5 | — | 157 | 159 |
| 1908 | 5 | 2101 | 143 | 162 |
| 1907 | <5 | — | 126 | 171 |
| 1906 | <5 | — | 105 | 173 |
| 1905 | <5 | — | 121 | 165 |
| 1904 | <5 | — | 115 | 164 |
| 1903 | <5 | — | 110 | 159 |
| 1902 | <5 | — | 112 | 156 |
| 1901 | <5 | — | 101 | 154 |
| 1900 | <5 | — | 107 | 189 |
| 1899 | <5 | — | 94 | 160 |
| 1898 | <5 | — | 83 | 186 |
| 1897 | <5 | — | 78 | 194 |
| 1896 | <5 | — | 95 | 168 |
| 1895 | <5 | — | 92 | 169 |
| 1894 | <5 | — | 93 | 165 |
| 1893 | <5 | — | 75 | 193 |
| 1892 | <5 | — | 68 | 213 |
| 1891 | <5 | — | 80 | 161 |
| 1890 | <5 | — | 57 | 219 |
| 1889 | <5 | — | 59 | 217 |
| 1888 | <5 | — | 64 | 219 |
| 1887 | <5 | — | 43 | 244 |
| 1886 | <5 | — | 42 | 262 |
| 1885 | <5 | — | 54 | 220 |
| 1884 | <5 | — | 40 | 269 |
| 1883 | <5 | — | 26 | 324 |
| 1882 | <5 | — | 51 | 231 |
| 1881 | <5 | — | 39 | 252 |
| 1880 | <5 | — | 38 | 273 |
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Where Clifton is most popular
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 1% · boys 99% across all years