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How popular is “Clifford” in the USA?

Number of people named “Clifford” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Clifford” 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 “Clifford” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Clifford” by birth year

This chart shows how “Clifford” 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 133 0.000660102 6 127 -91%
1881 118 0.000612389 8 110 -86%
1882 160 0.00072224 5 155 -94%
1883 149 0.000686807 11 138 -85%
1884 157 0.000644867 7 150 -91%
1885 144 0.000597873 5 139 -93%
1886 180 0.000705009 8 172 -91%
1887 173 0.000699295 8 165 -91%
1888 201 0.000671177 7 194 -93%
1889 215 0.000744084 13 202 -88%
1890 219 0.000726607 12 207 -89%
1891 206 0.000718589 10 196 -90%
1892 255 0.000762619 15 240 -88%
1893 288 0.000885546 19 269 -87%
1894 314 0.000927101 7 307 -96%
1895 290 0.000826164 18 272 -88%
1896 323 0.000903537 12 311 -93%
1897 295 0.000850249 10 285 -93%
1898 326 0.000854622 9 317 -94%
1899 305 0.000899084 8 297 -95%
1900 424 0.000941682 15 409 -93%
1901 294 0.000850173 12 282 -92%
1902 348 0.000899846 22 326 -87%
1903 357 0.000936516 9 348 -95%
1904 376 0.000931881 15 361 -92%
1905 427 0.001007261 7 420 -97%
1906 429 0.001001281 16 413 -93%
1907 457 0.000981972 12 445 -95%
1908 528 0.00108053 13 515 -95%
1909 570 0.001114971 34 536 -88%
1910 571 0.000966632 20 551 -93%
1911 717 0.001112874 23 694 -94%
1912 1371 0.001387565 26 1345 -96%
1913 1545 0.001358708 25 1520 -97%
1914 1993 0.001407144 33 1960 -97%
1915 2771 0.001512203 30 2741 -98%
1916 2822 0.001458837 55 2767 -96%
1917 3027 0.001508409 58 2969 -96%
1918 3338 0.001537462 39 3299 -98%
1919 3092 0.001465233 52 3040 -97%
1920 3347 0.001479244 56 3291 -97%
1921 3309 0.001417431 47 3262 -97%
1922 3200 0.001397895 43 3157 -97%
1923 3140 0.001363746 34 3106 -98%
1924 3289 0.001380999 39 3250 -98%
1925 3473 0.001488449 49 3424 -97%
1926 3239 0.001410773 49 3190 -97%
1927 3071 0.001324073 40 3031 -97%
1928 2908 0.001286192 46 2862 -97%
1929 2712 0.001237135 43 2669 -97%
1930 2732 0.001228811 35 2697 -97%
1931 2480 0.00117849 29 2451 -98%
1932 2315 0.001096486 29 2286 -97%
1933 2185 0.001092802 27 2158 -98%
1934 2333 0.001123354 18 2315 -98%
1935 2283 0.001092397 18 2265 -98%
1936 2153 0.001036303 21 2132 -98%
1937 2248 0.001055067 18 2230 -98%
1938 2291 0.001035446 15 2276 -99%
1939 2313 0.001049721 22 2291 -98%
1940 2196 0.000953669 11 2185 -99%
1941 2381 0.000977252 18 2363 -98%
1942 2552 0.000934176 19 2533 -99%
1943 2685 0.000951264 19 2666 -99%
1944 2411 0.000896256 17 2394 -99%
1945 2394 0.000902405 10 2384 -99%
1946 2631 0.000823395 15 2616 -99%
1947 3007 0.000834739 17 2990 -99%
1948 2809 0.000813609 16 2793 -99%
1949 2907 0.0008342 9 2898 -99%
1950 2951 0.000842335 10 2941 -99%
1951 3178 0.00086271 18 3160 -99%
1952 3340 0.000879409 23 3317 -99%
1953 3171 0.000822858 14 3157 -99%
1954 3164 0.000794833 23 3141 -99%
1955 3005 0.000748428 10 2995 -99%
1956 2922 0.000708701 11 2911 -99%
1957 2911 0.000692742 18 2893 -99%
1958 2820 0.000682164 10 2810 -99%
1959 2551 0.000613517 15 2536 -99%
1960 2483 0.000597764 20 2463 -98%
1961 2356 0.000568766 15 2341 -99%
1962 2193 0.000543444 10 2183 -99%
1963 2215 0.000559598 17 2198 -98%
1964 2032 0.000522687 13 2019 -99%
1965 1830 0.000504765 9 1821 -99%
1966 1619 0.000465811 8 1611 -99%
1967 1528 0.000450087 15 1513 -98%
1968 1614 0.000477739 6 1608 -99%
1969 1523 0.000438233 17 1506 -98%
1970 1592 0.000441424 10 1582 -99%
1971 1402 0.000408466 20 1382 -97%
1972 1282 0.000407891 14 1268 -98%
1973 1180 0.000391132 5 1175 -99%
1974 1154 0.000379605 5 1149 -99%
1975 1132 0.00037491 8 1124 -99%
1976 1071 0.000352964 6 1065 -99%
1977 979 0.000308201 7 972 -99%
1978 1012 0.000318854 10 1002 -98%
1979 1053 0.000316501 8 1045 -98%
1980 1228 0.00035651 14 1214 -98%
1981 1192 0.000344571 14 1178 -98%
1982 1150 0.000327826 9 1141 -98%
1983 986 0.000284696 12 974 -98%
1984 1009 0.000289215 12 997 -98%
1985 903 0.000253004 9 894 -98%
1986 875 0.000245988 9 866 -98%
1987 763 0.000211614 9 754 -98%
1988 770 0.000208387 6 764 -98%
1989 774 0.000201329 774 -100%
1990 700 0.000177104 700 -100%
1991 591 0.000151723 7 584 -98%
1992 538 0.000140058 538 -100%
1993 475 0.000125985 475 -100%
1994 402 0.000108133 402 -100%
1995 357 0.000097484 357 -100%
1996 356 0.000097609 356 -100%
1997 323 0.000089085 323 -100%
1998 267 0.00007259 267 -100%
1999 293 0.000079321 293 -100%
2000 224 0.000059261 224 -100%
2001 238 0.000063579 238 -100%
2002 197 0.000052698 197 -100%
2003 175 0.000046025 175 -100%
2004 215 0.000056269 215 -100%
2005 190 0.000049417 190 -100%
2006 168 0.000042465 168 -100%
2007 181 0.000045276 181 -100%
2008 163 0.000041469 163 -100%
2009 144 0.000037695 144 -100%
2010 143 0.000038693 143 -100%
2011 135 0.000036908 135 -100%
2012 138 0.000037732 138 -100%
2013 138 0.000037853 138 -100%
2014 119 0.000032107 119 -100%
2015 147 0.00003972 147 -100%
2016 138 0.000037616 138 -100%
2017 160 0.00004474 160 -100%
2018 144 0.000040957 144 -100%
2019 153 0.00004408 153 -100%
2020 133 0.000039813 133 -100%
2021 150 0.000044275 150 -100%
2022 152 0.000044929 152 -100%
2023 124 0.000037449 124 -100%
2024 142 0.000042662 142 -100%

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