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.

Clifton

#407 most common boys' name of all time · #890 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#407
Rank overall
#890 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
70,685
Since 2016
968
Peak year
1975 #186
Best rank
#144 1915
Girls Boys peak 1,224/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Clifton 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 82 82 #1,908
2024 95 95 #1,735
2023 105 105 #1,641
2022 78 78 #1,967
2021 91 91 #1,764
2020 112 112 #1,504
2019 103 103 #1,607
2018 102 102 #1,607
2017 110 110 #1,510
2016 90 90 #1,725
2015 113 113 #1,476
2014 119 119 #1,415
2013 110 110 #1,483
2012 130 130 #1,314
2011 112 112 #1,460
2010 107 107 #1,518
2009 132 132 #1,314
2008 131 131 #1,325
2007 154 154 #1,152
2006 146 146 #1,156
2005 156 156 #1,062
2004 159 159 #1,029
2003 173 173 #947
2002 163 163 #970
2001 201 201 #819
2000 232 232 #739
1999 215 215 #747
1998 240 240 #696
1997 221 221 #716
1996 232 232 #695
1995 249 249 #664
1994 267 267 #635
1993 311 311 #584
1992 355 355 #537
1991 411 411 #490
1990 440 440 #472
1989 506 506 #413
1988 8 518 526 #382
1987 5 552 557 #351
1986 609 609 #326
1985 8 643 651 #317
1984 6 644 650 #304
1983 6 609 615 #317
1982 718 718 #285
1981 6 788 794 #272
1980 804 804 #269
1979 11 782 793 #266
1978 7 863 870 #242
1977 11 828 839 #247
1976 11 871 882 #233
1975 10 1,214 1,224 #186
1974 10 753 763 #257
1973 556 556 #316
1972 5 623 628 #297
1971 6 643 649 #304
1970 13 672 685 #301
1969 9 665 674 #293
1968 684 684 #281
1967 7 664 671 #282
1966 5 696 701 #277
1965 684 684 #287
1964 6 836 842 #265
1963 9 792 801 #273
1962 855 855 #262
1961 6 868 874 #270
1960 5 873 878 #270
1959 7 926 933 #262
1958 6 999 1,005 #250
1957 1,058 1,058 #234
1956 997 997 #232
1955 6 982 988 #227
1954 1,038 1,038 #215
1953 960 960 #218
1952 942 942 #214
1951 955 955 #209
1950 1,024 1,024 #201
1949 982 982 #204
1948 944 944 #205
1947 8 965 973 #204
1946 7 802 809 #214
1945 7 722 729 #199
1944 6 765 771 #196
1943 7 857 864 #187
1942 11 793 804 #198
1941 675 675 #203
1940 8 643 651 #202
1939 662 662 #194
1938 648 648 #197
1937 669 669 #193
1936 7 640 647 #193
1935 648 648 #196
1934 5 666 671 #189
1933 8 733 741 #177
1932 6 739 745 #183
1931 7 697 704 #188
1930 5 755 760 #184
1929 10 781 791 #178
1928 6 781 787 #183
1927 9 919 928 #165
1926 8 884 892 #165
1925 891 891 #171
1924 6 847 853 #172
1923 10 900 910 #166
1922 11 887 898 #168
1921 7 932 939 #160
1920 11 910 921 #157
1919 9 884 893 #150
1918 10 934 944 #152
1917 12 794 806 #159
1916 5 770 775 #156
1915 7 820 827 #144
1914 8 616 624 #150
1913 10 497 507 #149
1912 404 404 #148
1911 5 206 211 #163
1910 6 178 184 #169
1909 157 157 #159
1908 5 143 148 #162
1907 126 126 #171
1906 105 105 #174
1905 121 121 #165
1904 115 115 #164
1903 110 110 #161
1902 112 112 #159
1901 101 101 #154
1900 107 107 #191
1899 94 94 #163
1898 83 83 #188
1897 78 78 #194
1896 95 95 #169
1895 92 92 #170
1894 93 93 #167
1893 75 75 #195
1892 68 68 #215
1891 80 80 #162
1890 57 57 #220
1889 59 59 #218
1888 64 64 #220
1887 43 43 #244
1886 42 42 #263
1885 54 54 #225
1884 40 40 #270
1883 26 26 #325
1882 51 51 #234
1881 39 39 #255
1880 38 38 #273