Clifford
Last seen for girls in 1991 at #10,271 · #1,352 for boys in 2025, 139 births
Given to boys 98.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1909 · 536 births
- Debut · boys
- 127 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 65 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 188,249since 1880
Clifford over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,352 | 139 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,341 | 143 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,449 | 125 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,269 | 152 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,267 | 150 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,343 | 133 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,234 | 153 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,276 | 144 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,170 | 160 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,310 | 138 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,239 | 147 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,414 | 119 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,261 | 138 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,273 | 138 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,271 | 135 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,232 | 143 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,241 | 144 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,119 | 163 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,038 | 181 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,067 | 168 | |
| 2005 | — | #925 | 190 | |
| 2004 | — | #827 | 215 | |
| 2003 | — | #936 | 175 | |
| 2002 | — | #842 | 197 | |
| 2001 | — | #730 | 238 | |
| 2000 | — | #753 | 224 | |
| 1999 | — | #620 | 293 | |
| 1998 | — | #654 | 267 | |
| 1997 | — | #573 | 323 | |
| 1996 | — | #538 | 356 | |
| 1995 | — | #534 | 357 | |
| 1994 | — | #506 | 402 | |
| 1993 | — | #455 | 475 | |
| 1992 | — | #416 | 538 | |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #388 | 584 |
| 1990 | — | #346 | 700 | |
| 1989 | — | #309 | 774 | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #298 | 764 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | #286 | 754 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | #257 | 866 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | #252 | 894 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | #225 | 997 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | #228 | 974 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | #212 | 1,141 |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 | #210 | 1,178 |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 | #202 | 1,214 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | #220 | 1,045 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | #217 | 1,001 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #224 | 972 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #205 | 1,065 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | #199 | 1,123 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #193 | 1,149 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #193 | 1,174 |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 | #186 | 1,268 |
| 1971 | #3,266 | 20 | #185 | 1,382 |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 | #176 | 1,582 |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 | #184 | 1,505 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #167 | 1,608 |
| 1967 | #3,340 | 15 | #174 | 1,513 |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | #169 | 1,612 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | #163 | 1,821 |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 | #161 | 2,019 |
| 1963 | #3,066 | 17 | #150 | 2,198 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 | #150 | 2,184 |
| 1961 | #3,318 | 15 | #149 | 2,340 |
| 1960 | #2,729 | 20 | #141 | 2,464 |
| 1959 | #3,104 | 15 | #139 | 2,536 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | #128 | 2,812 |
| 1957 | #2,727 | 18 | #130 | 2,893 |
| 1956 | #3,696 | 11 | #122 | 2,911 |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 | #118 | 2,995 |
| 1954 | #2,240 | 23 | #112 | 3,141 |
| 1953 | #2,921 | 14 | #102 | 3,157 |
| 1952 | #2,126 | 23 | #99 | 3,317 |
| 1951 | #2,391 | 18 | #101 | 3,160 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 | #100 | 2,940 |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 | #103 | 2,898 |
| 1948 | #2,491 | 16 | #105 | 2,793 |
| 1947 | #2,448 | 17 | #101 | 2,990 |
| 1946 | #2,482 | 15 | #100 | 2,616 |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 | #99 | 2,384 |
| 1944 | #2,096 | 17 | #99 | 2,394 |
| 1943 | #1,994 | 19 | #94 | 2,667 |
| 1942 | #1,981 | 19 | #95 | 2,533 |
| 1941 | #1,954 | 18 | #94 | 2,363 |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 | #94 | 2,185 |
| 1939 | #1,638 | 22 | #88 | 2,290 |
| 1938 | #2,113 | 15 | #89 | 2,277 |
| 1937 | #1,845 | 18 | #90 | 2,229 |
| 1936 | #1,640 | 21 | #90 | 2,132 |
| 1935 | #1,845 | 18 | #88 | 2,265 |
| 1934 | #1,834 | 18 | #85 | 2,315 |
| 1933 | #1,400 | 27 | #86 | 2,158 |
| 1932 | #1,382 | 29 | #84 | 2,286 |
| 1931 | #1,375 | 29 | #75 | 2,452 |
| 1930 | #1,274 | 35 | #73 | 2,696 |
| 1929 | #1,119 | 43 | #72 | 2,669 |
| 1928 | #1,115 | 46 | #68 | 2,862 |
| 1927 | #1,233 | 40 | #65 | 3,031 |
| 1926 | #1,069 | 49 | #62 | 3,190 |
| 1925 | #1,089 | 49 | #59 | 3,424 |
| 1924 | #1,279 | 39 | #64 | 3,250 |
| 1923 | #1,350 | 34 | #65 | 3,106 |
| 1922 | #1,168 | 43 | #63 | 3,157 |
| 1921 | #1,115 | 47 | #62 | 3,262 |
| 1920 | #980 | 56 | #59 | 3,291 |
| 1919 | #1,000 | 52 | #60 | 3,040 |
| 1918 | #1,203 | 39 | #60 | 3,299 |
| 1917 | #904 | 58 | #59 | 2,969 |
| 1916 | #915 | 55 | #61 | 2,767 |
| 1915 | #1,285 | 30 | #61 | 2,741 |
| 1914 | #1,034 | 33 | #62 | 1,960 |
| 1913 | #1,091 | 25 | #68 | 1,520 |
| 1912 | #1,003 | 26 | #62 | 1,345 |
| 1911 | #898 | 23 | #62 | 694 |
| 1910 | #970 | 20 | #66 | 551 |
| 1909 | #684 | 34 | #57 | 536 |
| 1908 | #1,135 | 13 | #58 | 515 |
| 1907 | #1,142 | 12 | #65 | 445 |
| 1906 | #917 | 16 | #63 | 413 |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 | #61 | 420 |
| 1904 | #938 | 15 | #66 | 361 |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 | #61 | 348 |
| 1902 | #734 | 22 | #71 | 326 |
| 1901 | #961 | 12 | #69 | 282 |
| 1900 | #970 | 15 | #66 | 409 |
| 1899 | #1,181 | 8 | #62 | 297 |
| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 | #67 | 317 |
| 1897 | #1,037 | 10 | #68 | 285 |
| 1896 | #950 | 12 | #66 | 311 |
| 1895 | #746 | 18 | #72 | 272 |
| 1894 | #1,237 | 7 | #65 | 307 |
| 1893 | #662 | 19 | #71 | 269 |
| 1892 | #762 | 15 | #80 | 240 |
| 1891 | #893 | 10 | #81 | 196 |
| 1890 | #791 | 12 | #83 | 207 |
| 1889 | #724 | 13 | #87 | 202 |
| 1888 | #1,036 | 7 | #92 | 194 |
| 1887 | #860 | 8 | #91 | 165 |
| 1886 | #828 | 8 | #95 | 172 |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | #104 | 139 |
| 1884 | #851 | 7 | #102 | 150 |
| 1883 | #579 | 11 | #100 | 138 |
| 1882 | #908 | 5 | #94 | 155 |
| 1881 | #623 | 8 | #112 | 110 |
| 1880 | #738 | 6 | #107 | 127 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Clifford was already there! It came in at #107, and was given to 127 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1885, when fewer than 160 boys a year got the name.
See more about Clifford
- 11 spots since 2024 (#1,341 → #1,352)
- 9 spots since 2020 (#1,343 → #1,352)
- 113 spots since 2015 (#1,239 → #1,352)
- Biggest jump: 109 spots in 2004 (#936 → #827)
- Biggest drop: 142 spots in 2006 (#925 → #1,067)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1909 at #57 (536 births)
- Births halved by 1998, 89 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 65 yrs · run 1886–1946
- Top 1,000: 126 yrs · run 1880–2005
- Highest: 1 in 300 boys born in 1908 were named Clifford (0.33%)
- Latest: 1 in 12,288 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #57 in 1909, was only 1 in 306 (0.33%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 16.6% of all boys named Clifford (31,242) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,552 | #87 (1889) | #98 |
| 1890s | 2,701 | #62 (1899) | #72 |
| 1900s | 4,055 | #57 (1909) | #64 |
| 1910s | 20,886 | #59 (1917) | #62 |
| 1920s | 31,242 | #59 (1925) | #64 |
| 1930s | 23,100 | #73 (1930) | #85 |
| 1940s | 25,823 | #94 (1943) | #98 |
| 1950s | 29,862 | #99 (1952) | #115 |
| 1960s | 19,264 | #141 (1960) | #161 |
| 1970s | 11,761 | #176 (1970) | #200 |
| 1980s | 9,556 | #202 (1980) | #248 |
| 1990s | 4,295 | #346 (1990) | #503 |
| 2000s | 1,895 | #730 (2001) | #948 |
| 2010s | 1,415 | #1,170 (2017) | #1,268 |
| 2020s | 842 | #1,267 (2021) | #1,337 |
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.
Clifford in 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 191,203 of them was named Clifford, which outranked 44.4% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,457Yumi10
- #6,457Yvonna10
- #6,457Zelma10
- #6,955Clifford9
- #6,955Aarica9
- #6,955Aarin9
- #6,955Aarti9
- #7,563Abbra8
- #7,563Abigal8
- #7,563Abraham8
Tied with 607 names at #6,955; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 2,067 of them was named Clifford, which outranked 96.7% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).