Clifford

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Clifford: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Clifford: Recorded since 1966, it reached #142 in 1980, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
52times a registrar ranked it
59years from first to last
#142highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#976
1997	#1174
1998	#1188
1999	#1505
2000	#1889
2001	#1467
2002	#3225
2003	#2189
2004	#2578
2005	#1851
2006	#1744
2007	#3095
2008	#2775
2010	#3865
2011	#4647
2012	#4805
2013	#3822
2015	#3908
2016	#2556
2017	#2512
2019	#3013
2020	#3848
2021	#4789
2022	#4789
2023	#3523
2024	#4270

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 26 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 1997: #271 among boys in Northern Ireland, #1174 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1966–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1966
First recorded at #199 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1966 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1966–1992
Highest recorded position: #142 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1980 (recorded 1966–1992).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Clifford appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 26 ranked years and 162 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1966.

Clifford across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Clifford's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#976 (1996)	#976 (1996)	#4270 (2024)	26 of 29	162 (1996–2024)	14 (1996)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#199 (1966)	#142 (1980)	#337 (1992)	25 of 27	215 (1966–1992)	24 (1980)

Clifford by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Clifford in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	44	4 of 10	11
2000sbusiest	59	9 of 10	7
2010s	40	8 of 10	5
2020s	19	5 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Clifford appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1966 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #142 in Republic of Ireland in 1980.

Clifford's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2512	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2556	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1744	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1851	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1467	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1505	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1188	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1174	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#976	14	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#271	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	4	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#249	5	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	10	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#218	7	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#224	7	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#209	9	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#166	17	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#191	12	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#142	24	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#194	12	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#231	7	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#200	11	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#190	13	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#225	8	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#218	9	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#176	16	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#279	4	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#217	8	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#219	7	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#291	3	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	5	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	5	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#199	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1966 and 2024, ranked in 51 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #142, first reached in 1980.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 24 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1980.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 31 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Diarmaid · #142, 50y
Meadhbh · #142, 47y
Beata · #141, 49y
Lindsey · #144, 46y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Diarmaid · #142, 50y
Peadar · #142, 61y
Beata · #141, 49y
Joyce · #144, 62y

Clifford was ranked #142 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1980. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Clifford and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Clifford without appearing here.

Clifford moved ahead of

Graeme Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4647 and #4647 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2512 and #4812.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4991.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Clifford

Anders Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3848 and #4608 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #2301.
Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1467 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #3225 and #848.
Theodor Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1744 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3095 and #1440.
Lars Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1467 and #1595 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #3225 and #1799.

Moved the opposite way to Clifford

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Clifford went from #976 to #4270 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Clifford went from #976 to #4270 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Clifford went from #976 to #4270 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Clifford went from #976 to #4270 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Clifford

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Clifford went from #976 to #4270 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Clifford went from #976 to #4270 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Clifford went from #976 to #4270 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Clifford went from #976 to #4270 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1966 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #142 in Republic of Ireland in 1980. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Clifford

Clifford at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Clifford across 2 official records

Clifford by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Clifford appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Clifford

Clifford and the names beside it

Clifford moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Clifford

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Clifford at a glance

Clifford across 2 official records

Clifford by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Clifford appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Clifford

Clifford and the names beside it

Clifford moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Clifford

Moved the opposite way to Clifford

Moved the same way as Clifford