Clifton — #1744 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Clifton

The Social Security Administration has registered 70,164 babies named Clifton between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Clifton currently holds the #1744 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 1,214 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Clifton performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 9,881 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Clifton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 7,037 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Clifton in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Clifton 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 70,164 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.