Clifford Name Popularity

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How popular is Clifford?

Ranking 1,276th in popularity in the United States for boys in 2018, the name Clifford is uncommon.

Although not currently within the top 1000, Clifford has seen higher popularity rankings.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #57 in 1909.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1925 with 3,425 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Clifford in any given year was 110 in 1881.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Clifford occurred roughly during the years 1890-1894, 1897-1900, 1910-1918, 1944-1947, and 1948-1951, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1970-1973, and 1999-2003.

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very low point.

How popular will Clifford be?

Clifford's popularity has been moving downward for some time. In recent years however, the number of babies given the name Clifford has remained about the same.

The name Clifford is still rare and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

Relative to what it once was, Clifford has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Clifford (Girl)		Clifford (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		< 5	--	143	1,276
2017		< 5	--	159	1,172
2016		< 5	--	138	1,308
2015		< 5	--	146	1,241
2014		< 5	--	119	1,410
2013		< 5	--	138	1,260
2012		< 5	--	138	1,273
2011		< 5	--	135	1,271
2010		< 5	--	143	1,232
2009		< 5	--	144	1,241
2008		< 5	--	163	1,119
2007		< 5	--	181	1,039
2006		< 5	--	168	1,067
2005		< 5	--	190	924
2004		< 5	--	215	825
2003		< 5	--	175	936
2002		< 5	--	197	843
2001		< 5	--	238	729
2000		< 5	--	224	753
1999		< 5	--	293	620
1998		< 5	--	267	654
1997		< 5	--	323	573
1996		< 5	--	356	538
1995		< 5	--	357	533
1994		< 5	--	402	506
1993		< 5	--	475	455
1992		< 5	--	538	416
1991		7	10,502	584	387
1990		< 5	--	699	346
1989		< 5	--	774	309
1988		6	10,642	764	298
1987		9	7,495	754	286
1986		9	7,234	867	257
1985		9	7,059	892	254
1984		12	5,604	997	225
1983		12	5,512	975	229
1982		9	6,995	1,141	212
1981		14	5,017	1,178	210
1980		14	5,025	1,218	202
1979		8	7,440	1,046	219
1978		10	6,036	1,002	216
1977		7	7,699	973	224
1976		6	8,349	1,065	205
1975		8	6,612	1,124	199
1974		5	9,024	1,148	193
1973		5	8,660	1,175	193
1972		14	4,122	1,268	186
1971		20	3,281	1,382	185
1970		10	5,113	1,581	176
1969		17	3,343	1,507	184
1968		6	6,377	1,608	167
1967		15	3,370	1,514	174
1966		8	4,940	1,612	169
1965		9	4,553	1,822	163
1964		13	3,722	2,021	161
1963		17	3,081	2,198	150
1962		10	4,312	2,183	150
1961		15	3,341	2,336	149
1960		20	2,751	2,465	141
1959		15	3,129	2,533	139
1958		10	3,978	2,813	128
1957		18	2,743	2,888	130
1956		11	3,729	2,909	122
1955		10	3,828	2,994	118
1954		23	2,253	3,142	112
1953		14	2,952	3,157	102
1952		23	2,139	3,317	99
1951		18	2,404	3,160	101
1950		10	3,468	2,941	100
1949		9	3,674	2,901	103
1948		16	2,509	2,793	105
1947		17	2,466	2,989	101
1946		15	2,496	2,616	100
1945		10	2,949	2,383	99
1944		17	2,107	2,395	99
1943		19	2,008	2,662	94
1942		19	1,993	2,533	95
1941		18	1,960	2,364	94
1940		11	2,595	2,184	94
1939		22	1,649	2,292	88
1938		15	2,131	2,275	89
1937		18	1,855	2,228	90
1936		20	1,700	2,133	90
1935		19	1,798	2,261	88
1934		18	1,850	2,315	85
1933		27	1,408	2,159	86
1932		29	1,390	2,286	85
1931		29	1,378	2,450	75
1930		35	1,277	2,696	73
1929		43	1,122	2,672	72
1928		46	1,118	2,860	68
1927		40	1,242	3,031	65
1926		49	1,072	3,190	62
1925		49	1,093	3,425	59
1924		39	1,284	3,250	64
1923		34	1,356	3,106	65
1922		43	1,171	3,157	63
1921		47	1,117	3,262	62
1920		56	981	3,291	59
1919		52	1,002	3,040	60
1918		39	1,205	3,299	60
1917		58	906	2,969	59
1916		55	916	2,767	61
1915		30	1,292	2,741	61
1914		33	1,038	1,960	62
1913		25	1,099	1,520	68
1912		26	1,008	1,345	62
1911		23	904	694	62
1910		20	977	551	66
1909		34	685	536	57
1908		13	1,149	515	58
1907		12	1,151	445	65
1906		16	923	413	63
1905		7	1,569	420	61
1904		15	942	361	66
1903		9	1,226	348	61
1902		22	738	326	71
1901		12	965	282	69
1900		15	980	409	66
1899		8	1,193	297	62
1898		9	1,189	317	67
1897		10	1,047	285	68
1896		12	965	311	66
1895		18	747	272	72
1894		7	1,258	307	65
1893		19	667	269	71
1892		15	765	240	80
1891		10	902	196	81
1890		12	796	207	83
1889		13	728	202	87
1888		7	1,056	194	92
1887		8	876	165	91
1886		8	845	172	95
1885		5	1,076	139	104
1884		7	871	150	102
1883		11	589	138	100
1882		5	936	155	94
1881		8	638	110	112
1880		6	764	127	107

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.