Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Clifford

#198 most common boys' name of all time · #411 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#198
Rank overall
#411 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
190,268
Since 2016
1,437
Peak year
1925 #59
Best rank
#57 1909
Girls Boys peak 3,473/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Clifford is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 139 139 #1,352
2024 143 143 #1,341
2023 125 125 #1,449
2022 152 152 #1,269
2021 150 150 #1,267
2020 133 133 #1,343
2019 153 153 #1,234
2018 144 144 #1,276
2017 160 160 #1,170
2016 138 138 #1,310
2015 147 147 #1,239
2014 119 119 #1,414
2013 138 138 #1,261
2012 138 138 #1,273
2011 135 135 #1,271
2010 143 143 #1,232
2009 144 144 #1,241
2008 163 163 #1,119
2007 181 181 #1,038
2006 168 168 #1,067
2005 190 190 #925
2004 215 215 #827
2003 175 175 #936
2002 197 197 #842
2001 238 238 #730
2000 224 224 #753
1999 293 293 #620
1998 267 267 #654
1997 323 323 #573
1996 356 356 #538
1995 357 357 #534
1994 402 402 #506
1993 475 475 #455
1992 538 538 #416
1991 7 584 591 #388
1990 700 700 #346
1989 774 774 #309
1988 6 764 770 #298
1987 9 754 763 #286
1986 9 866 875 #257
1985 9 894 903 #252
1984 12 997 1,009 #225
1983 12 974 986 #228
1982 9 1,141 1,150 #212
1981 14 1,178 1,192 #210
1980 14 1,214 1,228 #202
1979 8 1,045 1,053 #220
1978 10 1,001 1,011 #217
1977 7 972 979 #224
1976 6 1,065 1,071 #205
1975 8 1,123 1,131 #199
1974 5 1,149 1,154 #193
1973 5 1,174 1,179 #193
1972 14 1,268 1,282 #186
1971 20 1,382 1,402 #185
1970 10 1,582 1,592 #176
1969 17 1,505 1,522 #184
1968 6 1,608 1,614 #167
1967 15 1,513 1,528 #174
1966 8 1,612 1,620 #169
1965 9 1,821 1,830 #163
1964 13 2,019 2,032 #161
1963 17 2,198 2,215 #150
1962 10 2,184 2,194 #150
1961 15 2,340 2,355 #149
1960 20 2,464 2,484 #141
1959 15 2,536 2,551 #139
1958 10 2,812 2,822 #128
1957 18 2,893 2,911 #130
1956 11 2,911 2,922 #122
1955 10 2,995 3,005 #118
1954 23 3,141 3,164 #112
1953 14 3,157 3,171 #102
1952 23 3,317 3,340 #99
1951 18 3,160 3,178 #101
1950 10 2,940 2,950 #100
1949 9 2,898 2,907 #103
1948 16 2,793 2,809 #105
1947 17 2,990 3,007 #101
1946 15 2,616 2,631 #100
1945 10 2,384 2,394 #99
1944 17 2,394 2,411 #99
1943 19 2,667 2,686 #94
1942 19 2,533 2,552 #95
1941 18 2,363 2,381 #94
1940 11 2,185 2,196 #94
1939 22 2,290 2,312 #88
1938 15 2,277 2,292 #89
1937 18 2,229 2,247 #90
1936 21 2,132 2,153 #90
1935 18 2,265 2,283 #88
1934 18 2,315 2,333 #85
1933 27 2,158 2,185 #86
1932 29 2,286 2,315 #84
1931 29 2,452 2,481 #75
1930 35 2,696 2,731 #73
1929 43 2,669 2,712 #72
1928 46 2,862 2,908 #68
1927 40 3,031 3,071 #65
1926 49 3,190 3,239 #62
1925 49 3,424 3,473 #59
1924 39 3,250 3,289 #64
1923 34 3,106 3,140 #65
1922 43 3,157 3,200 #63
1921 47 3,262 3,309 #62
1920 56 3,291 3,347 #59
1919 52 3,040 3,092 #60
1918 39 3,299 3,338 #60
1917 58 2,969 3,027 #59
1916 55 2,767 2,822 #61
1915 30 2,741 2,771 #61
1914 33 1,960 1,993 #62
1913 25 1,520 1,545 #68
1912 26 1,345 1,371 #62
1911 23 694 717 #62
1910 20 551 571 #66
1909 34 536 570 #57
1908 13 515 528 #58
1907 12 445 457 #65
1906 16 413 429 #63
1905 7 420 427 #61
1904 15 361 376 #66
1903 9 348 357 #61
1902 22 326 348 #71
1901 12 282 294 #69
1900 15 409 424 #66
1899 8 297 305 #62
1898 9 317 326 #67
1897 10 285 295 #68
1896 12 311 323 #66
1895 18 272 290 #72
1894 7 307 314 #65
1893 19 269 288 #71
1892 15 240 255 #80
1891 10 196 206 #81
1890 12 207 219 #83
1889 13 202 215 #87
1888 7 194 201 #92
1887 8 165 173 #91
1886 8 172 180 #95
1885 5 139 144 #104
1884 7 150 157 #102
1883 11 138 149 #100
1882 5 155 160 #94
1881 8 110 118 #112
1880 6 127 133 #107