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Cliffton

#3,268 most common boys' name of all time · #7,936 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1912–2025

Rank among boys
#3,268
Rank overall
#7,936 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
99 of 146
All-time
1,872
Since 2016
47
Peak year
1982 #1,121
Best rank
#1,106 1977
Girls Boys peak 67/yr
192019401960198020002020

Cliffton first appears in 1912. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 6 6 #10,775
2024 5 5 #12,449
2021 6 6 #10,902
2020 5 5 #12,137
2019 5 5 #12,254
2018 9 9 #8,210
2017 5 5 #12,353
2016 6 6 #10,838
2015 6 6 #10,733
2014 20 20 #4,724
2013 7 7 #9,744
2012 10 10 #7,607
2011 5 5 #12,396
2010 7 7 #9,778
2009 9 9 #8,360
2008 9 9 #8,375
2007 12 12 #6,665
2006 10 10 #7,481
2005 10 10 #7,156
2004 16 16 #5,045
2003 13 13 #5,591
2002 7 7 #8,546
2001 18 18 #4,324
2000 17 17 #4,417
1999 22 22 #3,495
1998 16 16 #4,224
1997 24 24 #3,079
1996 17 17 #3,860
1995 16 16 #3,884
1994 17 17 #3,781
1993 19 19 #3,394
1992 23 23 #2,936
1991 18 18 #3,357
1990 27 27 #2,508
1989 40 40 #1,864
1988 37 37 #1,826
1987 33 33 #1,910
1986 41 41 #1,599
1985 49 49 #1,398
1984 44 44 #1,448
1983 39 39 #1,547
1982 67 67 #1,121
1981 58 58 #1,203
1980 60 60 #1,183
1979 58 58 #1,200
1978 56 56 #1,192
1977 62 62 #1,106
1976 44 44 #1,339
1975 48 48 #1,233
1974 46 46 #1,235
1973 24 24 #1,844
1972 24 24 #1,850
1971 28 28 #1,686
1970 22 22 #1,911
1969 25 25 #1,660
1968 17 17 #2,001
1967 19 19 #1,837
1966 13 13 #2,271
1965 18 18 #1,894
1964 29 29 #1,478
1963 23 23 #1,675
1962 24 24 #1,647
1961 20 20 #1,851
1960 12 12 #2,480
1959 19 19 #1,894
1958 19 19 #1,879
1957 23 23 #1,699
1956 35 35 #1,312
1955 15 15 #2,105
1954 12 12 #2,395
1953 12 12 #2,340
1952 18 18 #1,842
1951 13 13 #2,202
1950 15 15 #1,995
1949 12 12 #2,297
1948 10 10 #2,535
1947 7 7 #3,216
1946 17 17 #1,804
1943 7 7 #3,086
1941 11 11 #2,292
1940 9 9 #2,597
1939 6 6 #3,279
1936 5 5 #3,743
1935 9 9 #2,649
1932 6 6 #3,536
1931 5 5 #3,956
1928 7 7 #3,492
1927 8 8 #3,281
1925 5 5 #4,382
1924 6 6 #4,013
1923 6 6 #3,968
1922 8 8 #3,369
1921 6 6 #4,003
1919 8 8 #3,247
1917 6 6 #3,689
1916 7 7 #3,321
1915 7 7 #3,215
1914 6 6 #3,089
1912 5 5 #2,757