Clifford is a boy's name of English origin meaning “ford by a cliff.” In 2024 it was given to 142 boys in the United States.
Clifford belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “ford by a cliff” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Clifford first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #57 in 1909, and in 2024 142 babies received the name — 188,109 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Clifford means “ford by a cliff” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Clifford is a boy name. In 2024, 142 babies received the name in the US.
Clifford comes from the English & American tradition.
Clifford first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #57 in 1909, and 142 babies were given the name in 2024.
Clifford is pronounced /ˈklɪfəɹd/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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