Meaning not yet researched.
Clifton: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 82 in 2025. Its best rank was #144 in 1915.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #144 in 1915; #1,907 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Clifton in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,907 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1915, at #144.
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Clifton: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 82 boys in 2025. Peak: #144 in 1915 · most boys in one year: 1,214 (1975).
In 2025, 82 US boys were named Clifton, making it the 1,907th most common boys’ name of the year, down 169 places from #1,738 in 2024. That is 13 fewer than the 95 boys named Clifton in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #144, reached in 1915. The most boys given the name in a single year was 1,214, in 1975. For comparison, it was #1,476 in 2015 and #201 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Clifton in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 38 babies with the name. In all, 70,685 US babies have been given the name, 0.6% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 9,900 babies named Clifton.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 968 US boys were named Clifton; the busiest of those years was 2020, with 112. In 2025 that was about 1 in 20,830 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Clifton ranked highest in Louisiana in 2025, at #800 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Cliffton (1,872 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Clif and Klifton are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Cliff and Tony.
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: Clif (199), Klifton (5).
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 45 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 5 | #800 | #720 |
| Virginia | 8 | #814 | — |
| North Carolina | 9 | #880 | #845 |
| Michigan | 5 | #1,142 | — |
| Florida | 8 | #1,376 | #1,294 |
| California | 5 | #2,540 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 82 | #1,907 |
| 2024 | — | — | 95 | #1,738 |
| 2023 | — | — | 105 | #1,641 |
| 2022 | — | — | 78 | #1,969 |
| 2021 | — | — | 91 | #1,765 |
| 2020 | — | — | 112 | #1,506 |
| 2019 | — | — | 103 | #1,607 |
| 2018 | — | — | 102 | #1,608 |
| 2017 | — | — | 110 | #1,513 |
| 2016 | — | — | 90 | #1,726 |
| 2015 | — | — | 113 | #1,476 |
| 2014 | — | — | 119 | #1,416 |
| 2013 | — | — | 110 | #1,484 |
| 2012 | — | — | 130 | #1,317 |
| 2011 | — | — | 112 | #1,461 |
| 2010 | — | — | 107 | #1,519 |
| 2009 | — | — | 132 | #1,316 |
| 2008 | — | — | 131 | #1,325 |
| 2007 | — | — | 154 | #1,154 |
| 2006 | — | — | 146 | #1,154 |
| 2005 | — | — | 156 | #1,063 |
| 2004 | — | — | 159 | #1,029 |
| 2003 | — | — | 173 | #947 |
| 2002 | — | — | 163 | #970 |
| 2001 | — | — | 201 | #819 |
| 2000 | — | — | 232 | #739 |
| 1999 | — | — | 215 | #747 |
| 1998 | — | — | 240 | #696 |
| 1997 | — | — | 221 | #715 |
| 1996 | — | — | 232 | #695 |
| 1995 | — | — | 249 | #664 |
| 1994 | — | — | 267 | #635 |
| 1993 | — | — | 311 | #585 |
| 1992 | — | — | 355 | #537 |
| 1991 | — | — | 411 | #490 |
| 1990 | — | — | 440 | #473 |
| 1989 | — | — | 506 | #413 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,544 | 518 | #382 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,662 | 552 | #351 |
| 1986 | — | — | 609 | #326 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,718 | 643 | #317 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,367 | 644 | #304 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,258 | 609 | #317 |
| 1982 | — | — | 718 | #285 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,347 | 788 | #272 |
| 1980 | — | — | 804 | #269 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,824 | 782 | #266 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,773 | 863 | #242 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,583 | 828 | #247 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,276 | 871 | #233 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,608 | 1,214 | #186 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,420 | 753 | #257 |
| 1973 | — | — | 556 | #316 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,502 | 623 | #297 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,555 | 643 | #304 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,272 | 672 | #301 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,114 | 665 | #293 |
| 1968 | — | — | 684 | #281 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,563 | 664 | #281 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,748 | 696 | #277 |
| 1965 | — | — | 684 | #287 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,127 | 836 | #265 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,598 | 792 | #273 |
| 1962 | — | — | 855 | #262 |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,951 | 868 | #270 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,520 | 873 | #270 |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,123 | 926 | #262 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,524 | 999 | #250 |
| 1957 | — | — | 1,058 | #235 |
| 1956 | — | — | 997 | #232 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,319 | 982 | #227 |
| 1954 | — | — | 1,038 | #215 |
| 1953 | — | — | 960 | #218 |
| 1952 | — | — | 942 | #214 |
| 1951 | — | — | 955 | #209 |
| 1950 | — | — | 1,024 | #201 |
| 1949 | — | — | 982 | #204 |
| 1948 | — | — | 944 | #205 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,050 | 965 | #204 |
| 1946 | 7 | #4,069 | 802 | #214 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,727 | 722 | #199 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,150 | 765 | #195 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,872 | 857 | #187 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,852 | 793 | #198 |
| 1941 | — | — | 675 | #203 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,266 | 643 | #202 |
| 1939 | — | — | 662 | #194 |
| 1938 | — | — | 648 | #197 |
| 1937 | — | — | 669 | #193 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,431 | 640 | #193 |
| 1935 | — | — | 648 | #196 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,398 | 666 | #189 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,162 | 733 | #177 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,983 | 739 | #183 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,552 | 697 | #188 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,678 | 755 | #184 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,958 | 781 | #178 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,283 | 781 | #183 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,335 | 919 | #164 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,629 | 884 | #165 |
| 1925 | — | — | 891 | #171 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,562 | 847 | #172 |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,169 | 900 | #166 |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,996 | 887 | #168 |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,101 | 932 | #160 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,942 | 910 | #157 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,256 | 884 | #150 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,069 | 934 | #152 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,586 | 794 | #159 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,547 | 770 | #156 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,502 | 820 | #144 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,679 | 616 | #150 |
| 1913 | 10 | #2,055 | 497 | #149 |
| 1912 | — | — | 404 | #148 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,543 | 206 | #163 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,194 | 178 | #168 |
| 1909 | — | — | 157 | #159 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,179 | 143 | #162 |
| 1907 | — | — | 126 | #172 |
| 1906 | — | — | 105 | #174 |
| 1905 | — | — | 121 | #165 |
| 1904 | — | — | 115 | #164 |
| 1903 | — | — | 110 | #159 |
| 1902 | — | — | 112 | #156 |
| 1901 | — | — | 101 | #154 |
| 1900 | — | — | 107 | #190 |
| 1899 | — | — | 94 | #161 |
| 1898 | — | — | 83 | #186 |
| 1897 | — | — | 78 | #194 |
| 1896 | — | — | 95 | #168 |
| 1895 | — | — | 92 | #169 |
| 1894 | — | — | 93 | #166 |
| 1893 | — | — | 75 | #194 |
| 1892 | — | — | 68 | #213 |
| 1891 | — | — | 80 | #161 |
| 1890 | — | — | 57 | #219 |
| 1889 | — | — | 59 | #217 |
| 1888 | — | — | 64 | #219 |
| 1887 | — | — | 43 | #244 |
| 1886 | — | — | 42 | #262 |
| 1885 | — | — | 54 | #221 |
| 1884 | — | — | 40 | #270 |
| 1883 | — | — | 26 | #324 |
| 1882 | — | — | 51 | #232 |
| 1881 | — | — | 39 | #253 |
| 1880 | — | — | 38 | #273 |
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).