Meaning and history
From a surname derived from a place name meaning “ford by a cliff” in Old English.
20062006: 168 births, rank #1,067
2007: 181 births, rank #1,038
2008: 163 births, rank #1,119
2009: 144 births, rank #1,241
2010: 143 births, rank #1,232
20112011: 135 births, rank #1,271
2012: 138 births, rank #1,273
2013: 138 births, rank #1,261
2014: 119 births, rank #1,414
2015: 147 births, rank #1,239
20162016: 138 births, rank #1,310
2017: 160 births, rank #1,170
2018: 144 births, rank #1,276
2019: 153 births, rank #1,234
2020: 133 births, rank #1,343
20212021: 150 births, rank #1,267
2022: 152 births, rank #1,269
2023: 125 births, rank #1,449
2024: 143 births, rank #1,341
20252025: 139 births, rank #1,352
Clifford moved from #827 to #925 for boys between 2004 and 2005. Its highest annual birth count came in 1925, with 3,424 births.