Cliffton
- Gender
- Boy
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Cliffton is a boys' name, meaning “town by a cliff”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Cliffton mean?
Spelling of Clifton
“town by a cliff”
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Meaning borrowed from Clifton. From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Cliffton a girl's or a boy's name?
Cliffton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cliffton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Cliffton, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1982, with 67 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Cliffton in the US since 1880 were born between 1964 and 1988, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 88 boys in the US were given Cliffton or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,597, up from #10,690 for this spelling alone.
- Clifton 82
- Cliffton 6
Cliffton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,296 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 22 | #3,475 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 24 | #3,059 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,362 |
| 1992 | 23 | #2,903 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,319 |
| 1990 | 27 | #2,483 |
| 1989 | 40 | #1,853 |
| 1988 | 37 | #1,810 |
| 1987 | 33 | #1,892 |
| 1986 | 41 | #1,587 |
| 1985 | 49 | #1,388 |
| 1984 | 44 | #1,443 |
| 1983 | 39 | #1,533 |
| 1982 | 67 | #1,115 |
| 1981 | 58 | #1,199 |
| 1980 | 60 | #1,176 |
| 1979 | 58 | #1,193 |
| 1978 | 56 | #1,186 |
| 1977 | 62 | #1,099 |
| 1976 | 44 | #1,333 |
| 1975 | 48 | #1,228 |
| 1974 | 46 | #1,229 |
| 1973 | 24 | #1,817 |
| 1972 | 24 | #1,819 |
| 1971 | 28 | #1,667 |
| 1970 | 22 | #1,888 |
| 1969 | 25 | #1,641 |
| 1968 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1967 | 19 | #1,808 |
| 1966 | 13 | #2,215 |
| 1965 | 18 | #1,855 |
| 1964 | 29 | #1,461 |
| 1963 | 23 | #1,658 |
| 1962 | 24 | #1,624 |
| 1961 | 20 | #1,822 |
| 1960 | 12 | #2,421 |
| 1959 | 19 | #1,864 |
| 1958 | 19 | #1,837 |
| 1957 | 23 | #1,672 |
| 1956 | 35 | #1,297 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,047 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,315 |
| 1953 | 12 | #2,286 |
| 1952 | 18 | #1,803 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,134 |
| 1950 | 15 | #1,940 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,224 |
| 1948 | 10 | #2,442 |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 17 | #1,758 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,207 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,478 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,529 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,150 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,176 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
Names like Cliffton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jason Aaron Brandon Damon Casey Christian Christopher Clayton Cameron Ryan Steven Colin
Other spellings of Cliffton
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cliffton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cliffton, updated 20 October 2026.