The name Clifton is of English origin, and means town near a cliff.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Clifton has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Clifton
Use of the Name Clifton for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
67,621
30,451
10,094
1,921
764
171
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Clifton has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Clifton last appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 2003, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Clifton
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
273
38
1881
253
39
1882
232
51
1883
324
26
1884
270
40
1885
221
54
1886
262
42
1887
244
43
1888
219
64
1889
217
59
1890
219
57
1891
161
80
1892
214
68
1893
194
75
1894
166
93
1895
169
92
1896
168
95
1897
194
78
1898
186
83
1899
161
94
1900
190
108
1901
154
101
1902
156
112
1903
159
110
1904
164
115
1905
165
121
1906
174
104
1907
172
126
1908
162
142
1909
158
157
1910
168
177
1911
163
205
1912
147
405
1913
149
496
1914
150
616
1915
144
819
1916
156
772
1917
159
794
1918
152
939
1919
152
877
1920
156
916
1921
160
929
1922
169
881
1923
166
901
1924
172
846
1925
170
892
1926
165
886
1927
163
915
1928
183
779
1929
179
780
1930
181
758
1931
189
687
1932
182
739
1933
178
727
1934
189
671
1935
196
651
1936
195
631
1937
193
667
1938
197
650
1939
193
665
1940
202
639
1941
202
679
1942
199
792
1943
188
850
1944
197
757
1945
200
723
1946
213
799
1947
204
961
1948
205
944
1949
204
979
1950
200
1,023
1951
209
949
1952
216
942
1953
218
959
1954
215
1,036
1955
227
973
1956
232
1,004
1957
235
1,048
1958
250
999
1959
262
922
1960
271
872
1961
269
870
1962
262
852
1963
273
790
1964
266
833
1965
287
683
1966
277
694
1967
279
664
1968
281
688
1969
292
666
1970
300
672
1971
303
642
1972
297
624
1973
314
557
1974
257
751
1975
186
1,212
1976
232
871
1977
247
826
1978
242
862
1979
266
782
1980
269
803
1981
272
787
1982
285
716
1983
317
611
1984
304
644
1985
317
643
1986
326
609
1987
350
552
1988
382
518
1989
413
506
1990
473
439
1991
490
412
1992
538
355
1993
585
311
1994
636
267
1995
659
250
1996
695
231
1997
714
221
1998
696
240
1999
746
215
2000
740
230
2001
818
200
2002
967
163
2003
945
171
Totals:
67,621
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Clifton as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Clifton appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 124 times during the last 125 years.