Clifton Boy
How popular is Clifton?
#1,906 boy name in 2025
82 baby boys were named Clifton in the US in 2025, making it the 1906th most popular boy name.
Clifton popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,906 for boys (▼ 171 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 82 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-27% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,475 in 2015, #1,503 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1975 (1,214 boys) |
| Highest rank | #144 in 1915 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Clifton counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Clifton family of names ranked #1,559 for boys in 2025 (#1,445 the year before), with 88 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Clifton | 82 | 93% |
| Cliffton | 6 | 7% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Clifton is most popular
Babies named Clifton per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (30 boys)
- Mississippi: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (14 boys)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (45 boys)
- Ohio: 0.0 per 1,000 (13 boys)
Clifton by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 456 | #217 |
| 1890s | 815 | #160 |
| 1900s | 1,197 | #154 |
| 1910s | 6,103 | #144 |
| 1920s | 8,732 | #157 |
| 1930s | 6,857 | #177 |
| 1940s | 8,148 | #187 |
| 1950s | 9,881 | #201 |
| 1960s | 7,617 | #262 |
| 1970s | 7,805 | #186 |
| 1980s | 6,391 | #269 |
| 1990s | 2,941 | #471 |
| 2000s | 1,647 | #738 |
| 2010s | 1,096 | #1,314 |
| 2020s | 563 | #1,503 |
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Questions
- Is Clifton a boy or girl name?
- Clifton is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Clifton were boys.
- How popular is the name Clifton?
- 82 baby boys were named Clifton in the US in 2025, making it the 1906th most popular boy name.
- When was Clifton most popular?
- Clifton peaked in 1975, when 1,214 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #144 in 1915.
- How many people are named Clifton?
- 70,685 babies have been named Clifton in the US since 1880. We estimate about 37,784 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 56.
- Where is Clifton most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Clifton was most common in North Carolina, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.