Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Clifton

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

Endangered Down 92.3% from peak

Peak era

1975

Peak rank proxy

1,214

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1880Peak 19752024

Peak year

1975

Decline from peak

92.3%

2024

All-time

70,164

Clifton 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 1975, when 1,214 boys were named Clifton.

In 2024, only 94 boys were given the name.

Down 92.3% from its peak.

All told, about 70,164 Americans have been named Clifton and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 92.3% from peak

19751,214 boys named Clifton

202494 boys named Clifton

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