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How popular is “Cliff” in the USA?

Number of people named “Cliff” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Cliff” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Cliff” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Cliff” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Cliff” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Cliff” by birth year

This chart shows how “Cliff” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 7 0.000034742 7 -100%
1881 5 0.000025949 5 -100%
1882 13 0.000058682 13 -100%
1883 10 0.000046094 10 -100%
1884 13 0.000053397 13 -100%
1885 14 0.000058127 14 -100%
1886 23 0.000090084 23 -100%
1887 17 0.000068717 17 -100%
1888 15 0.000050088 15 -100%
1889 15 0.000051913 15 -100%
1890 15 0.000049768 15 -100%
1891 12 0.00004186 12 -100%
1892 13 0.000038879 13 -100%
1893 17 0.000052272 17 -100%
1894 17 0.000050193 17 -100%
1895 21 0.000059826 21 -100%
1896 13 0.000036365 13 -100%
1897 16 0.000046115 16 -100%
1898 18 0.000047188 18 -100%
1899 15 0.000044217 15 -100%
1900 17 0.000037756 17 -100%
1901 15 0.000043376 15 -100%
1902 16 0.000041372 16 -100%
1903 19 0.000049843 19 -100%
1904 24 0.000059482 24 -100%
1905 23 0.000054255 23 -100%
1906 22 0.000051348 22 -100%
1907 18 0.000038677 18 -100%
1908 21 0.000042976 21 -100%
1909 19 0.000037166 19 -100%
1910 20 0.000033858 20 -100%
1911 21 0.000032595 21 -100%
1912 28 0.000028338 28 -100%
1913 16 0.000014071 16 -100%
1914 34 0.000024005 34 -100%
1915 58 0.000031652 58 -100%
1916 52 0.000026881 52 -100%
1917 41 0.000020431 41 -100%
1918 45 0.000020727 45 -100%
1919 42 0.000019903 42 -100%
1920 43 0.000019004 43 -100%
1921 46 0.000019704 46 -100%
1922 39 0.000017037 39 -100%
1923 49 0.000021281 49 -100%
1924 27 0.000011337 27 -100%
1925 37 0.000015857 37 -100%
1926 46 0.000020036 46 -100%
1927 40 0.000017246 40 -100%
1928 33 0.000014596 33 -100%
1929 44 0.000020072 44 -100%
1930 45 0.00002024 45 -100%
1931 47 0.000022334 47 -100%
1932 46 0.000021788 46 -100%
1933 44 0.000022006 44 -100%
1934 57 0.000027446 57 -100%
1935 59 0.000028231 59 -100%
1936 56 0.000026954 56 -100%
1937 64 0.000030037 64 -100%
1938 56 0.00002531 56 -100%
1939 71 0.000032222 71 -100%
1940 72 0.000031268 72 -100%
1941 69 0.00002832 69 -100%
1942 75 0.000027454 75 -100%
1943 74 0.000026217 74 -100%
1944 86 0.000031969 86 -100%
1945 97 0.000036564 97 -100%
1946 99 0.000030983 99 -100%
1947 140 0.000038864 140 -100%
1948 109 0.000031571 109 -100%
1949 89 0.00002554 89 -100%
1950 94 0.000026831 94 -100%
1951 67 0.000018188 67 -100%
1952 88 0.00002317 88 -100%
1953 92 0.000023874 92 -100%
1954 127 0.000031904 127 -100%
1955 148 0.000036861 148 -100%
1956 147 0.000035653 147 -100%
1957 247 0.00005878 247 -100%
1958 248 0.000059992 248 -100%
1959 310 0.000074555 310 -100%
1960 251 0.000060426 251 -100%
1961 280 0.000067595 280 -100%
1962 229 0.000056748 229 -100%
1963 262 0.000066192 262 -100%
1964 230 0.000059162 230 -100%
1965 174 0.000047994 174 -100%
1966 151 0.000043445 151 -100%
1967 128 0.000037704 128 -100%
1968 124 0.000036704 124 -100%
1969 147 0.000042298 147 -100%
1970 157 0.000043532 157 -100%
1971 130 0.000037875 130 -100%
1972 104 0.000033089 104 -100%
1973 110 0.000036461 110 -100%
1974 99 0.000032566 99 -100%
1975 80 0.000026495 80 -100%
1976 83 0.000027354 83 -100%
1977 89 0.000028018 89 -100%
1978 91 0.000028672 91 -100%
1979 118 0.000035467 118 -100%
1980 143 0.000041515 143 -100%
1981 146 0.000042204 146 -100%
1982 142 0.000040479 142 -100%
1983 135 0.00003898 135 -100%
1984 119 0.00003411 119 -100%
1985 109 0.00003054 109 -100%
1986 82 0.000023053 82 -100%
1987 64 0.00001775 64 -100%
1988 70 0.000018944 70 -100%
1989 72 0.000018728 72 -100%
1990 53 0.000013409 53 -100%
1991 54 0.000013863 54 -100%
1992 47 0.000012236 47 -100%
1993 22 0.000005835 22 -100%
1994 25 0.000006725 25 -100%
1995 24 0.000006554 24 -100%
1996 22 0.000006032 22 -100%
1997 28 0.000007723 28 -100%
1998 27 0.000007341 27 -100%
1999 21 0.000005685 21 -100%
2000 28 0.000007408 28 -100%
2001 19 0.000005076 19 -100%
2002 14 0.000003745 14 -100%
2003 15 0.000003945 15 -100%
2004 14 0.000003664 14 -100%
2005 17 0.000004422 17 -100%
2006 18 0.00000455 18 -100%
2007 20 0.000005003 20 -100%
2008 16 0.000004071 16 -100%
2009 12 0.000003141 12 -100%
2010 19 0.000005141 19 -100%
2011 21 0.000005741 21 -100%
2012 13 0.000003554 13 -100%
2013 14 0.00000384 14 -100%
2014 20 0.000005396 20 -100%
2015 17 0.000004593 17 -100%
2016 19 0.000005179 19 -100%
2017 24 0.000006711 24 -100%
2018 21 0.000005973 21 -100%
2019 26 0.000007491 26 -100%
2020 47 0.000014069 47 -100%
2021 29 0.00000856 29 -100%
2022 33 0.000009754 33 -100%
2023 39 0.000011778 39 -100%
2024 41 0.000012318 41 -100%

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