Boys' name · peaked in 1908
Clifford name popularity since 1925
144,075 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Clifford (0.8% girls, 99.2% boys). Half of them were born in 1952 or earlier, so the typical Clifford is about 74 years old in 2026. Clifford peaked in 1908 as the #58 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 144,075
- Named Clifford, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1908
- #58 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,352 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.2% boys
- 1,086 girls · 142,989 boys
- Most popular in
- Hawaii
- 2.73× its national share
Peak year is the year Clifford made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Clifford births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Clifford peaked earlier, in 1908.
- Steepest fall: Between 1989 and 1994, Clifford's share of baby boys fell by 46%, from 1 in 2,590 to 1 in 4,810.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Clifford's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Clifford.
Decade by decade
Babies named Clifford in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 227 | 15,176 | – |
| 1930s | 232 | 23,100 | #88 |
| 1940s | 151 | 25,823 | #99 |
| 1950s | 152 | 29,862 | #118 |
| 1960s | 130 | 19,264 | #163 |
| 1970s | 93 | 11,761 | #199 |
| 1980s | 94 | 9,556 | #253 |
| 1990s | 7 | 4,295 | #534 |
| 2000s | 0 | 1,895 | #925 |
| 2010s | 0 | 1,415 | #1,240 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 842 | #1,352 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
36.5% of babies named Clifford from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Clifford is most popular
The index compares Clifford's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Clifford.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | 2.73× | 1,213 |
| Montana | 2.00× | 830 |
| South Dakota | 1.95× | 880 |
| North Dakota | 1.91× | 855 |
| West Virginia | 1.85× | 2,304 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Clifford's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Clifford.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Clifford (1908).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data