Cliff is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1959 and has since faded.
Cliff is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,895 for boy births in the United States (and #6,219 across all names), given to 43 babies. Cliff first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1959 (310 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | 43 | #2,895 |
| 2024 | 41 | 41 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 39 | 39 | #3,130 |
| 2022 | 33 | 33 | #3,477 |
| 2021 | 29 | 29 | #3,755 |
| 2020 | 47 | 47 | #2,667 |
| 2019 | 26 | 26 | #4,026 |
| 2018 | 21 | 21 | #4,631 |
| 2017 | 24 | 24 | #4,246 |
| 2016 | 19 | 19 | #4,983 |
| 2015 | 17 | 17 | #5,338 |
| 2014 | 20 | 20 | #4,731 |
| 2013 | 14 | 14 | #5,981 |
| 2012 | 13 | 13 | #6,383 |
| 2011 | 21 | 21 | #4,532 |
| 2010 | 19 | 19 | #4,873 |
| 2009 | 12 | 12 | #6,880 |
| 2008 | 16 | 16 | #5,534 |
| 2007 | 20 | 20 | #4,671 |
| 2006 | 18 | 18 | #4,897 |
| 2005 | 17 | 17 | #4,863 |
| 2004 | 14 | 14 | #5,546 |
| 2003 | 15 | 15 | #5,078 |
| 2002 | 14 | 14 | #5,180 |
| 2001 | 19 | 19 | #4,153 |
| 2000 | 28 | 28 | #3,088 |
| 1999 | 21 | 21 | #3,604 |
| 1998 | 27 | 27 | #2,938 |
| 1997 | 28 | — | #2,762 |
| 1996 | 22 | — | #3,217 |
| 1995 | 24 | — | #2,934 |
| 1994 | 25 | — | #2,863 |
| 1993 | 22 | — | #3,064 |
| 1992 | 47 | — | #1,784 |
| 1991 | 54 | — | #1,576 |
| 1990 | 53 | — | #1,570 |
| 1989 | 72 | — | #1,283 |
| 1988 | 70 | — | #1,215 |
| 1987 | 64 | — | #1,207 |
| 1986 | 82 | — | #1,023 |
| 1985 | 109 | — | #868 |
| 1984 | 119 | — | #800 |
| 1983 | 135 | — | #744 |
| 1982 | 142 | — | #729 |
| 1981 | 146 | — | #714 |
| 1980 | 143 | — | #734 |
| 1979 | 118 | — | #800 |
| 1978 | 91 | — | #902 |
| 1977 | 89 | — | #901 |
| 1976 | 83 | — | #913 |
| 1975 | 80 | — | #918 |
| 1974 | 99 | — | #809 |
| 1973 | 110 | — | #764 |
| 1972 | 104 | — | #783 |
| 1971 | 130 | — | #723 |
| 1970 | 157 | — | #653 |
| 1969 | 147 | — | #651 |
| 1968 | 124 | — | #676 |
| 1967 | 128 | — | #660 |
| 1966 | 151 | — | #606 |
| 1965 | 174 | — | #579 |
| 1964 | 230 | — | #514 |
| 1963 | 262 | — | #495 |
| 1962 | 229 | — | #526 |
| 1961 | 280 | — | #478 |
| 1960 | 251 | — | #497 |
| 1959 | 310 | — | #456 |
| 1958 | 247 | — | #494 |
| 1957 | 247 | — | #496 |
| 1956 | 147 | — | #626 |
| 1955 | 148 | — | #610 |
| 1954 | 127 | — | #649 |
| 1953 | 92 | — | #745 |
| 1952 | 88 | — | #751 |
| 1951 | 67 | — | #853 |
| 1950 | 94 | — | #706 |
| 1949 | 89 | — | #730 |
| 1948 | 109 | — | #648 |
| 1947 | 140 | — | #572 |
| 1946 | 99 | — | #648 |
| 1945 | 97 | — | #613 |
| 1944 | 86 | — | #668 |
| 1943 | 74 | — | #753 |
| 1942 | 75 | — | #740 |
| 1941 | 69 | — | #747 |
| 1940 | 72 | — | #718 |
| 1939 | 71 | — | #709 |
| 1938 | 56 | — | #828 |
| 1937 | 64 | — | #764 |
| 1936 | 56 | — | #817 |
| 1935 | 59 | — | #805 |
| 1934 | 57 | — | #830 |
| 1933 | 44 | — | #949 |
| 1932 | 46 | — | #968 |
| 1931 | 47 | — | #962 |
| 1930 | 45 | — | #1,023 |
| 1929 | 44 | — | #1,029 |
| 1928 | 33 | — | #1,258 |
| 1927 | 40 | — | #1,129 |
| 1926 | 46 | — | #1,019 |
| 1925 | 37 | — | #1,167 |
| 1924 | 27 | — | #1,463 |
| 1923 | 49 | — | #996 |
| 1922 | 39 | — | #1,145 |
| 1921 | 46 | — | #1,031 |
| 1920 | 43 | — | #1,077 |
| 1919 | 42 | — | #1,049 |
| 1918 | 45 | — | #996 |
| 1917 | 41 | — | #1,020 |
| 1916 | 52 | — | #878 |
| 1915 | 58 | — | #794 |
| 1914 | 34 | — | #953 |
| 1913 | 16 | — | #1,322 |
| 1912 | 28 | — | #840 |
| 1911 | 21 | — | #695 |
| 1910 | 20 | — | #659 |
| 1909 | 19 | — | #621 |
| 1908 | 21 | — | #557 |
| 1907 | 18 | — | #596 |
| 1906 | 22 | — | #475 |
| 1905 | 23 | — | #466 |
| 1904 | 24 | — | #434 |
| 1903 | 19 | — | #488 |
| 1902 | 16 | — | #541 |
| 1901 | 15 | — | #512 |
| 1900 | 17 | — | #605 |
| 1899 | 15 | — | #506 |
| 1898 | 18 | — | #489 |
| 1897 | 16 | — | #502 |
| 1896 | 13 | — | #603 |
| 1895 | 21 | — | #428 |
| 1894 | 17 | — | #485 |
| 1893 | 17 | — | #451 |
| 1892 | 13 | — | #576 |
| 1891 | 12 | — | #527 |
| 1890 | 15 | — | #493 |
| 1889 | 15 | — | #485 |
| 1888 | 15 | — | #508 |
| 1887 | 17 | — | #412 |
| 1886 | 23 | — | #358 |
| 1885 | 14 | — | #504 |
| 1884 | 13 | — | #528 |
| 1883 | 10 | — | #606 |
| 1882 | 13 | — | #520 |
| 1881 | 5 | — | #892 |
| 1880 | 7 | — | #760 |