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Cliff

Rank in 2024
#3,029
Born in 2024
41
Peak year
1959 · #455
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 41 boys were named Cliff, about 1 in every 41,837.
  • It peaked in 1959 with 310 babies, ranked #455.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 9,265 boys have been named Cliff since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Cliff per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 861 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Silent: 1,095 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Boomers: 3,257 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,928 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,186 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Z: 302 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 330 babies, 0.02 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

The given name is from shortenings of the diminutives. The surname is from the noun cliff.

  • A diminutive of the male given name Clifford or Clifton.
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From Wiktionary’s entry for Cliff, CC BY-SA 4.0.