first name
CLIFTON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 33,448 people named Clifton, 55.2% reported their origin as White, 37.3% as Black and 3.6% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Clifton peaked in 1975, when 1,224 babies got the name.
At least 70,685 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Clifton by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #375. The largest share of babies named Clifton, 25.3%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Clifton is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Clifton has been most common in Mississippi (4.9×), Louisiana (3.4×), and North Carolina (3.2×), and least common in Oregon (0.12×).
63,108 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Clifton
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Clifton, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Clifton ranks #1,493 of 156,621, with 23,350 people. See Clifton as a last name
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