How Many People Are Named Clifton?
people named Clifton are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 9,229 people in the US has this name
Based on 70,685 babies named Clifton in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,224 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "settlement by a cliff" in Old English.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Clifton, 0.6% were girls and 99.4% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Clifton alive today is about 54 years old, and 47% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 41 and 69 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Clifton first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1975, to 1,224 babies. In 2025, 82 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Clifton has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #144, in 1915. In 2025 it ranked #1,907.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,907 |
| Best rank | #144 (1915) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #227 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Clifton alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Clifton were born in Texas than in any other state: about 3,973 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Clifton was given 4 times as often in Mississippi, 3.2 times in Louisiana and 3.2 times in North Carolina.
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