—2024 rank
1925peak year
183,267babies named Clifford since 1880
▼ 7%5-year trend
Clifford popularity over 145 years
🌱 Below the charts · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Clifford mean?
From Old English clif, 'cliff', and ford, 'river crossing', an English place name turned surname, used as a given name since the Middle Ages.
OriginEnglish
Syllables2
Genderboy
Styleclassic, vintage
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Famous Cliffords
- Cliff Robertson, actor
Spellings & variants
Cliff
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