Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Clifford

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Clifford
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 95.9% from peak

Peak era

1925

Peak rank proxy

3,424

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19252024

Peak year

1925

Decline from peak

95.9%

2024

142

All-time

188,109

Clifford once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1925, when 3,424 boys were named Clifford.

In 2024, only 142 boys were given the name.

Down 95.9% from its peak.

All told, about 188,109 Americans have been named Clifford and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95.9% from peak

19253,424 boys named Clifford

2024142 boys named Clifford

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