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Clifford

Boy's name · #1352 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Popularity over time

Clifford belongs to an older America first — it reached #57 back in 1909 — yet it still appears in today's records at #1352. About 188,000 boys have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 14 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,243 in Canada (2024).

Famous Cliffords

• Clifford Shull — American physicist (1915–2001)
• Clifford D. Simak — American writer, journalist (1904–1988)
• Clifford Geertz — American anthropologist
• Clifford Brown — American jazz musician (1930–1956)
• Clifford Odets — American playwright, screenwriter, and actor (1906–1963)

In stories & tradition

• Clifford — Muppets
• Clifford Banks — Murder One (TV series)
• Clifford "Cliff" Bradshaw — Cabaret (musical stage work)

What Cliffords become

Among 745 notable people named Clifford:

Lawyers & judges appear 1.33× more often than among typical names — e.g. Clifford Husbands, Barbadian judge (1926–2017).

Similar names: Ralph · Clifton · Milton · Howard · Harold · Chester

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