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.

Cliford

#9,869 most common boys' name of all time · #24,979 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1914–1987

Rank among boys
#9,869
Rank overall
#24,979 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
36 of 146
All-time
286
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1925 #2,293
Best rank
#2,293 1925
Girls Boys peak 14/yr
1920194019601980

Cliford first appears in 1914. 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
1987 — 5 5 #7,139
1976 — 6 6 #5,102
1971 — 6 6 #4,524
1966 — 5 5 #4,153
1961 — 6 6 #3,813
1960 — 6 6 #3,818
1952 — 5 5 #3,951
1951 — 7 7 #3,223
1948 — 7 7 #3,181
1946 — 6 6 #3,368
1945 — 6 6 #3,191
1944 — 5 5 #3,647
1941 — 5 5 #3,764
1939 — 7 7 #3,009
1937 — 6 6 #3,376
1936 — 8 8 #2,789
1935 — 9 9 #2,673
1934 — 11 11 #2,366
1933 — 11 11 #2,335
1932 — 5 5 #4,010
1931 — 5 5 #4,011
1930 — 10 10 #2,738
1929 — 12 12 #2,420
1928 — 12 12 #2,491
1927 — 7 7 #3,624
1926 — 11 11 #2,689
1925 — 14 14 #2,293
1924 — 5 5 #4,564
1923 — 9 9 #3,095
1922 — 8 8 #3,415
1921 — 13 13 #2,483
1920 — 12 12 #2,577
1918 — 12 12 #2,522
1917 — 10 10 #2,705
1915 — 5 5 #4,067
1914 — 9 9 #2,435