Boys' name · since 1914
Cliford
286 babies named Cliford in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,856 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 286
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
286 boys have been named Cliford since 1914, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cliford has been recorded 286 times among boys since 1914, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1987.
- #10,856 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 286 born since 1914
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cliford ranks #10,856 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 286 born since 1914, peaking in the 1920s.
- #10,856 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 286
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Cliford's 286 recorded births place it above 76.07% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cliford's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Cliford splits its recorded history at 1934: 41% of all births land in the more recent half, 59% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1915 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1925 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Cliford popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1987
- Peak year (1925)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 74 years of records
Cliford by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (103 births, 36% of the file).
1920s was Cliford's strongest decade.
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Cliford births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 36
1910s
36 births
- 1920s
1920s
103 births
- 1930s
1930s
72 births
- 1940s 29
1940s
29 births
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 1960s 17
1960s
17 births
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 103 births (36% of all-time use).
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What to do with Cliford's data
- Cliford's decade-level peak was the 1920s (103 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cliford: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1925)
Similar record span (~73 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1914–1987 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cliford draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.