Cliff

#2,884 for boys in 2025, 43 births

Peak · boys
#357
1886 · 23 births
Debut · boys
1880
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
9,307
since 1880

Cliff over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Cliff has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #357, 1886boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#2,88443
2024#3,00141
2023#3,11739
2022#3,46433
2021#3,74029
2020#2,65847
2019#4,00326
2018#4,61021
2017#4,22424
2016#4,94319
2015#5,28917
2014#4,70220
2013#5,92314
2012#6,30613
2011#4,50921
2010#4,84819
2009#6,80212
2008#5,48716
2007#4,64020
2006#4,86518
2005#4,82417
2004#5,49214
2003#5,03515
2002#5,13114
2001#4,12119
2000#3,07528
1999#3,59121
1998#2,92627
1997#2,75028
1996#3,20222
1995#2,92324
1994#2,84725
1993#3,04222
1992#1,77847
1991#1,57354
1990#1,56453
1989#1,28172
1988#1,21570
1987#1,20264
1986#1,02382
1985#866109
1984#800119
1983#743135
1982#729142
1981#714146
1980#733143
1979#798118
1978#90191
1977#89989
1976#91183
1975#91680
1974#80799
1973#763110
1972#783104
1971#723130
1970#653157
1969#651147
1968#675124
1967#660128
1966#606151
1965#578174
1964#513230
1963#494262
1962#526229
1961#478280
1960#497251
1959#455310
1958#494247
1957#496247
1956#626147
1955#608148
1954#649127
1953#74492
1952#75188
1951#85267
1950#70694
1949#72989
1948#647109
1947#572140
1946#64899
1945#61297
1944#66786
1943#75174
1942#74075
1941#74669
1940#71872
1939#70771
1938#82556
1937#76464
1936#81656
1935#80359
1934#82857
1933#94644
1932#96346
1931#95947
1930#1,02145
1929#1,02644
1928#1,25433
1927#1,12840
1926#1,01846
1925#1,16437
1924#1,45827
1923#99249
1922#1,14039
1921#1,02646
1920#1,07343
1919#1,04742
1918#99645
1917#1,01741
1916#87752
1915#79158
1914#94934
1913#1,31116
1912#83528
1911#68921
1910#65420
1909#61519
1908#55321
1907#59118
1906#47222
1905#46323
1904#43124
1903#48719
1902#53616
1901#50615
1900#60317
1899#50215
1898#48518
1897#49516
1896#59213
1895#42621
1894#48017
1893#44817
1892#57213
1891#52412
1890#48915
1889#48215
1888#50515
1887#40917
1886#35723
1885#49814
1884#52013
1883#59710
1882#51413
1881#8665
1880#7457
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Cliff was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.

See more about Cliff
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 117 spots since 2024 (#3,001 → #2,884)
  • 226 spots since 2020 (#2,658 → #2,884)
  • 2,405 spots since 2015 (#5,289 → #2,884)
  • Biggest jump: 362 spots in 1914 (#1,311 → #949)
  • Biggest drop: 476 spots in 1913 (#835 → #1,311)
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1886 at #357 (23 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 93 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 93 yrs · run 1931–1985
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,817
  • Highest: 1 in 4,817 boys born in 1886 were named Cliff (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 39,723 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 21.2% of all boys named Cliff (1,976) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s132#357 (1886)#549
1890s157#426 (1895)#501
1900s194#431 (1904)#526
1910s357#654 (1910)#917
1920s404#992 (1923)#1,128
1930s545#707 (1939)#863
1940s910#572 (1947)#683
1950s1,567#455 (1959)#638
1960s1,976#478 (1961)#568
1970s1,061#653 (1970)#815
1980s1,082#714 (1981)#931
1990s323#1,564 (1990)#2,620
2000s173#3,075 (2000)#4,947
2010s194#4,003 (2019)#4,936
2020s232#2,658 (2020)#3,144

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Cliff in 1930

boys
#1,021
45 births · 1 in 24,386 boys

Top boys' names in 1930

  1. #1Robert62,153
  2. #2James53,957
  3. #3John52,447
  4. #4William47,271
  5. #5Richard32,187
  6. #6Charles31,867
  7. #7Donald29,052
  8. #8George22,788
  9. #9Joseph20,981
  10. #10Edward17,352
  11. #1,021Cliff45
More about 1930

boys

1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 24,386 of them was named Cliff, which outranked 77.5% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cliff
  1. #1,007Milburn46
  2. #1,007Rogelio46
  3. #1,007Whitney46
  4. #1,021Cliff45
  5. #1,021Alfonzo45
  6. #1,021Burdette45
  7. #1,021Cornell45
  8. #1,037Alonza44
  9. #1,037Berton44
  10. #1,037Chesley44

Tied with 15 names at #1,021; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,094Derl#3,959 → #865
  2. ↑ 420Clive#1,378 → #958
  3. ↑ 380Farris#1,272 → #892
  4. ↑ 368Earlie#1,296 → #928
  5. ↑ 357Winton#1,272 → #915
Fallers
  1. ↓ 486Americo#729 → #1,215
  2. ↓ 433Enrico#995 → #1,428
  3. ↓ 371Eliseo#844 → #1,215
  4. ↓ 312Meyer#878 → #1,190
  5. ↓ 304Hilbert#869 → #1,173

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1930 →