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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 146 recorded years as a table

Clifford, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	1,149
1881	1,092
1882	1,363
1883	1,319
1884	1,311
1885	1,289
1886	1,553
1887	1,627
1888	1,605
1889	1,827
1890	1,864
1891	1,937
1892	1,967
1893	2,395
1894	2,652
1895	2,317
1896	2,601
1897	2,528
1898	2,584
1899	2,796
1900	2,718
1901	2,649
1902	2,658
1903	2,919
1904	2,818
1905	3,174
1906	3,102
1907	3,031
1908	3,337
1909	3,268
1910	2,837
1911	3,071
1912	3,128
1913	2,965
1914	2,993
1915	3,230
1916	3,109
1917	3,208
1918	3,255
1919	3,102
1920	3,092
1921	2,962
1922	2,901
1923	2,834
1924	2,869
1925	3,068
1926	2,873
1927	2,690
1928	2,584
1929	2,481
1930	2,457
1931	2,358
1932	2,189
1933	2,176
1934	2,242
1935	2,175
1936	2,056
1937	2,090
1938	2,053
1939	2,069
1940	1,885
1941	1,924
1942	1,834
1943	1,869
1944	1,757
1945	1,771
1946	1,611
1947	1,634
1948	1,592
1949	1,634
1950	1,642
1951	1,678
1952	1,707
1953	1,601
1954	1,541
1955	1,454
1956	1,376
1957	1,341
1958	1,325
1959	1,188
1960	1,156
1961	1,102
1962	1,056
1963	1,082
1964	1,013
1965	979
1966	904
1967	868
1968	925
1969	842
1970	851
1971	781
1972	782
1973	753
1974	731
1975	719
1976	679
1977	592
1978	610
1979	607
1980	681
1981	658
1982	629
1983	543
1984	552
1985	484
1986	470
1987	404
1988	399
1989	387
1990	341
1991	289
1992	269
1993	242
1994	208
1995	188
1996	188
1997	171
1998	140
1999	153
2000	114
2001	122
2002	101
2003	89
2004	108
2005	95
2006	82
2007	87
2008	80
2009	73
2010	75
2011	71
2012	73
2013	73
2014	62
2015	77
2016	73
2017	86
2018	79
2019	85
2020	77
2021	86
2022	87
2023	73
2024	83
2025	81

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

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California 0.8×

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The numbers

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Births in 2025: 139
Rank in 2025: #1,352
How rare: 1 in 12,288 boys
Since 1880: 188,249

Most popular in 1908, at 3,337 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 6% per million boys born.

Top 1 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
California	0.8×	32

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.