The baby name Clifton appears in baby name data for the United States from 1910 to 2024. It was most popular in 1975 with 1,399 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Clifton has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 166 |
| 1911 | 195 |
| 1912 | 417 |
| 1913 | 503 |
| 1914 | 658 |
| 1915 | 878 |
| 1916 | 892 |
| 1917 | 980 |
| 1918 | 1,234 |
| 1919 | 1,118 |
| 1920 | 1,152 |
| 1921 | 1,195 |
| 1922 | 1,184 |
| 1923 | 1,190 |
| 1924 | 1,076 |
| 1925 | 1,133 |
| 1926 | 1,192 |
| 1927 | 1,181 |
| 1928 | 1,022 |
| 1929 | 1,099 |
| 1930 | 995 |
| 1931 | 924 |
| 1932 | 933 |
| 1933 | 911 |
| 1934 | 818 |
| 1935 | 856 |
| 1936 | 807 |
| 1937 | 831 |
| 1938 | 749 |
| 1939 | 816 |
| 1940 | 866 |
| 1941 | 887 |
| 1942 | 1,040 |
| 1943 | 1,118 |
| 1944 | 959 |
| 1945 | 876 |
| 1946 | 961 |
| 1947 | 1,245 |
| 1948 | 1,259 |
| 1949 | 1,282 |
| 1950 | 1,338 |
| 1951 | 1,190 |
| 1952 | 1,093 |
| 1953 | 1,319 |
| 1954 | 1,102 |
| 1955 | 1,292 |
| 1956 | 1,306 |
| 1957 | 1,302 |
| 1958 | 1,235 |
| 1959 | 1,123 |
| 1960 | 1,082 |
| 1961 | 933 |
| 1962 | 1,090 |
| 1963 | 1,012 |
| 1964 | 998 |
| 1965 | 843 |
| 1966 | 884 |
| 1967 | 792 |
| 1968 | 834 |
| 1969 | 794 |
| 1970 | 732 |
| 1971 | 730 |
| 1972 | 683 |
| 1973 | 617 |
| 1974 | 868 |
| 1975 | 1,399 |
| 1976 | 1,095 |
| 1977 | 1,096 |
| 1978 | 994 |
| 1979 | 891 |
| 1980 | 1,033 |
| 1981 | 884 |
| 1982 | 795 |
| 1983 | 679 |
| 1984 | 665 |
| 1985 | 696 |
| 1986 | 703 |
| 1987 | 617 |
| 1988 | 542 |
| 1989 | 525 |
| 1990 | 437 |
| 1991 | 411 |
| 1992 | 443 |
| 1993 | 368 |
| 1994 | 313 |
| 1995 | 270 |
| 1996 | 259 |
| 1997 | 248 |
| 1998 | 270 |
| 1999 | 229 |
| 2000 | 260 |
| 2001 | 250 |
| 2002 | 112 |
| 2003 | 161 |
| 2004 | 169 |
| 2005 | 154 |
| 2006 | 107 |
| 2007 | 113 |
| 2008 | 112 |
| 2009 | 100 |
| 2010 | 69 |
| 2011 | 59 |
| 2012 | 107 |
| 2013 | 84 |
| 2014 | 104 |
| 2015 | 105 |
| 2016 | 70 |
| 2017 | 117 |
| 2018 | 90 |
| 2019 | 65 |
| 2020 | 76 |
| 2021 | 47 |
| 2022 | 31 |
| 2023 | 75 |
| 2024 | 35 |