Meaning not yet researched.
Clifford: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 139 in 2025. Its best rank was #57 in 1909.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #57 in 1909; #1,352 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Clifford in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,352 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1909, at #57.
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Clifford: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 139 boys in 2025. Peak: #57 in 1909 · most boys in one year: 3,424 (1925).
In 2025, 139 US boys were named Clifford, making it the 1,352nd most common boys’ name of the year, down 10 places from #1,342 in 2024. That is 4 fewer than the 143 boys named Clifford in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #57, reached in 1909. The most boys given the name in a single year was 3,424, in 1925. For comparison, it was #1,240 in 2015 and #100 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Clifford in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 133 babies with the name. In all, 190,268 US babies have been given the name, 1.1% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 31,688 babies named Clifford.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,437 US boys were named Clifford; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 160. In 2025 that was about 1 in 12,288 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Clifford ranked highest in Iowa in 2025, at #593 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Ford (11,026 babies since 1880) and Cliff (9,307 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Cliford and Cliffard are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Cliff and Ford.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Cliford (286), Cliffard (142).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 40 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | 5 | #593 | — |
| Minnesota | 8 | #596 | — |
| South Carolina | 6 | #680 | #676 |
| Wisconsin | 6 | #704 | — |
| Tennessee | 7 | #859 | — |
| Illinois | 8 | #951 | #1,209 |
| Georgia | 6 | #1,236 | #713 |
| New York | 7 | #1,442 | — |
| California | 9 | #1,712 | #1,782 |
| Florida | 5 | #1,891 | #846 |
| Texas | 8 | #1,943 | #1,789 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 139 | #1,352 |
| 2024 | — | — | 143 | #1,342 |
| 2023 | — | — | 125 | #1,451 |
| 2022 | — | — | 152 | #1,270 |
| 2021 | — | — | 150 | #1,269 |
| 2020 | — | — | 133 | #1,344 |
| 2019 | — | — | 153 | #1,235 |
| 2018 | — | — | 144 | #1,276 |
| 2017 | — | — | 160 | #1,172 |
| 2016 | — | — | 138 | #1,310 |
| 2015 | — | — | 147 | #1,240 |
| 2014 | — | — | 119 | #1,415 |
| 2013 | — | — | 138 | #1,263 |
| 2012 | — | — | 138 | #1,275 |
| 2011 | — | — | 135 | #1,271 |
| 2010 | — | — | 143 | #1,233 |
| 2009 | — | — | 144 | #1,242 |
| 2008 | — | — | 163 | #1,119 |
| 2007 | — | — | 181 | #1,040 |
| 2006 | — | — | 168 | #1,067 |
| 2005 | — | — | 190 | #925 |
| 2004 | — | — | 215 | #827 |
| 2003 | — | — | 175 | #938 |
| 2002 | — | — | 197 | #844 |
| 2001 | — | — | 238 | #731 |
| 2000 | — | — | 224 | #753 |
| 1999 | — | — | 293 | #620 |
| 1998 | — | — | 267 | #654 |
| 1997 | — | — | 323 | #573 |
| 1996 | — | — | 356 | #538 |
| 1995 | — | — | 357 | #534 |
| 1994 | — | — | 402 | #506 |
| 1993 | — | — | 475 | #455 |
| 1992 | — | — | 538 | #416 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,501 | 584 | #388 |
| 1990 | — | — | 700 | #346 |
| 1989 | — | — | 774 | #309 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,641 | 764 | #298 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,497 | 754 | #286 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,238 | 866 | #257 |
| 1985 | 9 | #7,065 | 894 | #253 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,605 | 997 | #225 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,519 | 974 | #228 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,997 | 1,141 | #212 |
| 1981 | 14 | #5,020 | 1,178 | #210 |
| 1980 | 14 | #5,028 | 1,214 | #202 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,443 | 1,045 | #220 |
| 1978 | 10 | #6,035 | 1,001 | #217 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,701 | 972 | #224 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,353 | 1,065 | #205 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,610 | 1,123 | #199 |
| 1974 | 5 | #9,028 | 1,149 | #193 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,666 | 1,174 | #193 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,123 | 1,268 | #186 |
| 1971 | 20 | #3,283 | 1,382 | #185 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,116 | 1,582 | #176 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,345 | 1,505 | #184 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,377 | 1,608 | #167 |
| 1967 | 15 | #3,368 | 1,513 | #174 |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,943 | 1,612 | #169 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,553 | 1,821 | #163 |
| 1964 | 13 | #3,723 | 2,019 | #161 |
| 1963 | 17 | #3,085 | 2,198 | #150 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,317 | 2,184 | #150 |
| 1961 | 15 | #3,343 | 2,340 | #149 |
| 1960 | 20 | #2,750 | 2,464 | #141 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,132 | 2,536 | #139 |
| 1958 | 10 | #3,976 | 2,812 | #128 |
| 1957 | 18 | #2,742 | 2,893 | #130 |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,732 | 2,911 | #122 |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,826 | 2,995 | #118 |
| 1954 | 23 | #2,252 | 3,141 | #112 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,950 | 3,157 | #102 |
| 1952 | 23 | #2,139 | 3,317 | #99 |
| 1951 | 18 | #2,404 | 3,160 | #101 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,467 | 2,940 | #100 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,674 | 2,898 | #103 |
| 1948 | 16 | #2,509 | 2,793 | #105 |
| 1947 | 17 | #2,467 | 2,990 | #101 |
| 1946 | 15 | #2,497 | 2,616 | #100 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,949 | 2,384 | #99 |
| 1944 | 17 | #2,109 | 2,394 | #99 |
| 1943 | 19 | #2,006 | 2,667 | #94 |
| 1942 | 19 | #1,992 | 2,533 | #95 |
| 1941 | 18 | #1,962 | 2,363 | #94 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,596 | 2,185 | #94 |
| 1939 | 22 | #1,650 | 2,290 | #88 |
| 1938 | 15 | #2,132 | 2,277 | #89 |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,854 | 2,229 | #90 |
| 1936 | 21 | #1,649 | 2,132 | #90 |
| 1935 | 18 | #1,858 | 2,265 | #88 |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,849 | 2,315 | #85 |
| 1933 | 27 | #1,408 | 2,158 | #86 |
| 1932 | 29 | #1,391 | 2,286 | #84 |
| 1931 | 29 | #1,378 | 2,452 | #75 |
| 1930 | 35 | #1,277 | 2,696 | #73 |
| 1929 | 43 | #1,122 | 2,669 | #72 |
| 1928 | 46 | #1,118 | 2,862 | #68 |
| 1927 | 40 | #1,241 | 3,031 | #65 |
| 1926 | 49 | #1,072 | 3,190 | #62 |
| 1925 | 49 | #1,093 | 3,424 | #59 |
| 1924 | 39 | #1,283 | 3,250 | #64 |
| 1923 | 34 | #1,356 | 3,106 | #65 |
| 1922 | 43 | #1,171 | 3,157 | #63 |
| 1921 | 47 | #1,117 | 3,262 | #62 |
| 1920 | 56 | #981 | 3,291 | #59 |
| 1919 | 52 | #1,002 | 3,040 | #60 |
| 1918 | 39 | #1,205 | 3,299 | #60 |
| 1917 | 58 | #906 | 2,969 | #59 |
| 1916 | 55 | #916 | 2,767 | #61 |
| 1915 | 30 | #1,292 | 2,741 | #61 |
| 1914 | 33 | #1,038 | 1,960 | #62 |
| 1913 | 25 | #1,099 | 1,520 | #68 |
| 1912 | 26 | #1,008 | 1,345 | #62 |
| 1911 | 23 | #904 | 694 | #62 |
| 1910 | 20 | #977 | 551 | #66 |
| 1909 | 34 | #685 | 536 | #57 |
| 1908 | 13 | #1,149 | 515 | #58 |
| 1907 | 12 | #1,151 | 445 | #65 |
| 1906 | 16 | #923 | 413 | #63 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,569 | 420 | #61 |
| 1904 | 15 | #942 | 361 | #66 |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,226 | 348 | #61 |
| 1902 | 22 | #738 | 326 | #71 |
| 1901 | 12 | #965 | 282 | #69 |
| 1900 | 15 | #980 | 409 | #66 |
| 1899 | 8 | #1,193 | 297 | #62 |
| 1898 | 9 | #1,189 | 317 | #67 |
| 1897 | 10 | #1,047 | 285 | #68 |
| 1896 | 12 | #965 | 311 | #66 |
| 1895 | 18 | #747 | 272 | #72 |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,258 | 307 | #65 |
| 1893 | 19 | #667 | 269 | #71 |
| 1892 | 15 | #765 | 240 | #80 |
| 1891 | 10 | #902 | 196 | #81 |
| 1890 | 12 | #796 | 207 | #83 |
| 1889 | 13 | #728 | 202 | #87 |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,056 | 194 | #92 |
| 1887 | 8 | #876 | 165 | #91 |
| 1886 | 8 | #845 | 172 | #95 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,076 | 139 | #104 |
| 1884 | 7 | #871 | 150 | #102 |
| 1883 | 11 | #589 | 138 | #100 |
| 1882 | 5 | #936 | 155 | #94 |
| 1881 | 8 | #638 | 110 | #112 |
| 1880 | 6 | #764 | 127 | #107 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).