How Many People Are Named Cliff?
people named Cliff are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 56,251 people in the US has this name
Based on 9,307 babies named Cliff in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
310 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of CLIFFORD or CLIFTON.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Cliff in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cliff alive today is about 53 years old, and 45% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 42 and 66 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cliff first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1959, to 310 babies. In 2025, 43 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Cliff has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #358, in 1886. In 2025 it ranked #2,894.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,894 |
| Best rank | #358 (1886) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #555 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Cliff alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cliff were born in California than in any other state: about 634 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cliff was given 2.4 times as often in Texas, 2.2 times in California and 2.1 times in Georgia.
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