Is Clifford a boy or girl name?
Clifford is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 142 boys were named Clifford, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 1.1% of the 190,128 US babies named Clifford were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #1,340
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Clifford since 1880
- 190,128
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 3,473 babies
Boys and girls named Clifford, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,552 | 78 | 4.8% |
| 1890s | 2,701 | 120 | 4.3% |
| 1900s | 4,055 | 155 | 3.7% |
| 1910s | 20,886 | 361 | 1.7% |
| 1920s | 31,242 | 446 | 1.4% |
| 1930s | 23,101 | 232 | 1% |
| 1940s | 25,822 | 151 | 0.6% |
| 1950s | 29,861 | 152 | 0.5% |
| 1960s | 19,263 | 130 | 0.7% |
| 1970s | 11,764 | 93 | 0.8% |
| 1980s | 9,556 | 94 | 1% |
| 1990s | 4,295 | 7 | 0.2% |
| 2000s | 1,895 | 0 | 0% |
| 2010s | 1,415 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020s | 701 | 0 | 0% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 142 | #1,340 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 124 | #1,457 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 152 | #1,269 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 150 | #1,269 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 133 | #1,344 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 153 | #1,235 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 144 | #1,275 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 160 | #1,171 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 138 | #1,309 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 147 | #1,239 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 119 | #1,414 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 138 | #1,263 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 138 | #1,275 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 135 | #1,271 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 143 | #1,233 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 144 | #1,242 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 163 | #1,119 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 181 | #1,040 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 168 | #1,067 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 190 | #925 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 215 | #826 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 175 | #938 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 197 | #844 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 238 | #731 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 224 | #753 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 293 | #620 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 267 | #654 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 323 | #573 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 356 | #538 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 357 | #534 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 402 | #506 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 475 | #455 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 538 | #416 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 584 | #388 | 7 | #10,500 |
| 1990 | 700 | #346 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 774 | #309 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 764 | #298 | 6 | #10,641 |
| 1987 | 754 | #286 | 9 | #7,498 |
| 1986 | 866 | #257 | 9 | #7,237 |
| 1985 | 894 | #253 | 9 | #7,064 |
| 1984 | 997 | #225 | 12 | #5,605 |
| 1983 | 974 | #228 | 12 | #5,519 |
| 1982 | 1,141 | #212 | 9 | #6,998 |
| 1981 | 1,178 | #210 | 14 | #5,019 |
| 1980 | 1,214 | #202 | 14 | #5,028 |
| 1979 | 1,045 | #220 | 8 | #7,443 |
| 1978 | 1,002 | #216 | 10 | #6,035 |
| 1977 | 972 | #224 | 7 | #7,700 |
| 1976 | 1,065 | #205 | 6 | #8,354 |
| 1975 | 1,124 | #199 | 8 | #6,611 |
| 1974 | 1,149 | #193 | 5 | #9,028 |
| 1973 | 1,175 | #193 | 5 | #8,666 |
| 1972 | 1,268 | #186 | 14 | #4,123 |
| 1971 | 1,382 | #185 | 20 | #3,280 |
| 1970 | 1,582 | #176 | 10 | #5,116 |
| 1969 | 1,506 | #184 | 17 | #3,344 |
| 1968 | 1,608 | #167 | 6 | #6,378 |
| 1967 | 1,513 | #174 | 15 | #3,368 |
| 1966 | 1,611 | #169 | 8 | #4,943 |
| 1965 | 1,821 | #163 | 9 | #4,553 |
| 1964 | 2,019 | #161 | 13 | #3,723 |
| 1963 | 2,198 | #150 | 17 | #3,083 |
| 1962 | 2,183 | #150 | 10 | #4,318 |
| 1961 | 2,341 | #149 | 15 | #3,343 |
| 1960 | 2,463 | #141 | 20 | #2,752 |
| 1959 | 2,536 | #139 | 15 | #3,131 |
| 1958 | 2,810 | #128 | 10 | #3,976 |
| 1957 | 2,893 | #130 | 18 | #2,742 |
| 1956 | 2,911 | #122 | 11 | #3,732 |
| 1955 | 2,995 | #118 | 10 | #3,827 |
| 1954 | 3,141 | #112 | 23 | #2,252 |
| 1953 | 3,157 | #102 | 14 | #2,950 |
| 1952 | 3,317 | #99 | 23 | #2,139 |
| 1951 | 3,160 | #101 | 18 | #2,404 |
| 1950 | 2,941 | #100 | 10 | #3,467 |
| 1949 | 2,898 | #103 | 9 | #3,673 |
| 1948 | 2,793 | #105 | 16 | #2,509 |
| 1947 | 2,990 | #101 | 17 | #2,467 |
| 1946 | 2,616 | #100 | 15 | #2,496 |
| 1945 | 2,384 | #99 | 10 | #2,949 |
| 1944 | 2,394 | #99 | 17 | #2,108 |
| 1943 | 2,666 | #94 | 19 | #2,006 |
| 1942 | 2,533 | #95 | 19 | #1,992 |
| 1941 | 2,363 | #94 | 18 | #1,962 |
| 1940 | 2,185 | #94 | 11 | #2,596 |
| 1939 | 2,291 | #88 | 22 | #1,650 |
| 1938 | 2,276 | #89 | 15 | #2,132 |
| 1937 | 2,230 | #90 | 18 | #1,854 |
| 1936 | 2,132 | #90 | 21 | #1,649 |
| 1935 | 2,265 | #88 | 18 | #1,858 |
| 1934 | 2,315 | #85 | 18 | #1,850 |
| 1933 | 2,158 | #86 | 27 | #1,408 |
| 1932 | 2,286 | #84 | 29 | #1,391 |
| 1931 | 2,451 | #75 | 29 | #1,378 |
| 1930 | 2,697 | #73 | 35 | #1,277 |
| 1929 | 2,669 | #72 | 43 | #1,122 |
| 1928 | 2,862 | #68 | 46 | #1,118 |
| 1927 | 3,031 | #65 | 40 | #1,241 |
| 1926 | 3,190 | #62 | 49 | #1,072 |
| 1925 | 3,424 | #59 | 49 | #1,093 |
| 1924 | 3,250 | #64 | 39 | #1,283 |
| 1923 | 3,106 | #65 | 34 | #1,356 |
| 1922 | 3,157 | #63 | 43 | #1,171 |
| 1921 | 3,262 | #62 | 47 | #1,117 |
| 1920 | 3,291 | #59 | 56 | #981 |
| 1919 | 3,040 | #60 | 52 | #1,002 |
| 1918 | 3,299 | #60 | 39 | #1,205 |
| 1917 | 2,969 | #59 | 58 | #906 |
| 1916 | 2,767 | #61 | 55 | #916 |
| 1915 | 2,741 | #61 | 30 | #1,292 |
| 1914 | 1,960 | #62 | 33 | #1,038 |
| 1913 | 1,520 | #68 | 25 | #1,099 |
| 1912 | 1,345 | #62 | 26 | #1,008 |
| 1911 | 694 | #62 | 23 | #904 |
| 1910 | 551 | #66 | 20 | #977 |
| 1909 | 536 | #57 | 34 | #685 |
| 1908 | 515 | #58 | 13 | #1,149 |
| 1907 | 445 | #65 | 12 | #1,151 |
| 1906 | 413 | #63 | 16 | #923 |
| 1905 | 420 | #61 | 7 | #1,569 |
| 1904 | 361 | #66 | 15 | #942 |
| 1903 | 348 | #61 | 9 | #1,226 |
| 1902 | 326 | #71 | 22 | #738 |
| 1901 | 282 | #69 | 12 | #965 |
| 1900 | 409 | #66 | 15 | #980 |
| 1899 | 297 | #62 | 8 | #1,193 |
| 1898 | 317 | #67 | 9 | #1,189 |
| 1897 | 285 | #68 | 10 | #1,047 |
| 1896 | 311 | #66 | 12 | #965 |
| 1895 | 272 | #72 | 18 | #747 |
| 1894 | 307 | #65 | 7 | #1,258 |
| 1893 | 269 | #71 | 19 | #667 |
| 1892 | 240 | #80 | 15 | #765 |
| 1891 | 196 | #81 | 10 | #902 |
| 1890 | 207 | #83 | 12 | #796 |
| 1889 | 202 | #87 | 13 | #728 |
| 1888 | 194 | #92 | 7 | #1,056 |
| 1887 | 165 | #91 | 8 | #876 |
| 1886 | 172 | #95 | 8 | #845 |
| 1885 | 139 | #104 | 5 | #1,076 |
| 1884 | 150 | #102 | 7 | #871 |
| 1883 | 138 | #100 | 11 | #589 |
| 1882 | 155 | #94 | 5 | #936 |
| 1881 | 110 | #112 | 8 | #638 |
| 1880 | 127 | #107 | 6 | #764 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Clifford reached #57 in 1909. As a girl name, it reached #589 in 1883. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1920s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Clifford
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.