Clifford — #1340 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Clifford

The Social Security Administration has registered 188,109 babies named Clifford between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Clifford currently holds the #1340 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 3,424 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Clifford performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 31,242 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Clifford shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 13,388 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Clifford in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Clifford in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 188,109 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.