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Clifton
Pronounced /ˈklɪftən/
Rank in 2024
#1,758
Born in 2024
94
Peak year
1975 · #186
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 94 boys were named Clifton, about 1 in every 18,248.
- It peaked in 1975 with 1,214 babies, ranked #186.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 70,164 boys have been named Clifton since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Clifton per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.9Greatest1901–27
- 0.6Silent1928–45
- 0.5Boomers1946–64
- 0.4Gen X1965–80
- 0.3Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 14,364 babies, 0.86 per 1,000. Silent: 12,874 babies, 0.62 per 1,000. Boomers: 17,795 babies, 0.47 per 1,000. Gen X: 12,003 babies, 0.44 per 1,000. Millennials: 7,852 babies, 0.26 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,672 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,226 babies, 0.06 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Literally meaning "town by a cliff." From Old English clif (“cliff”) + tūn (“town”). Analyzable as cliff + -ton. In Oregon County, Missouri, from Cliff + -ton. From being named after a Cliff, or which may be clipped to Clif. ==== Proper noun ==== Clifton (countable and uncountable, plural Cliftons) (countable) An English habitational surname from Old English for someone who lived in one of the places in England. (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname. A placename: A locale in England: A suburb of Bristol (OS grid ref ST5773).
- (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈklɪftən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Clifton, CC BY-SA 4.0.