Name meaning & stats
Clifton
Clifton means “town by a cliff”. 46,332 US babies since 1940, peak 1975.
What it means
“town by a cliff”
Well documented
Originally a surname.
In US birth records
Peak year: 1975
46,332 US babies were named Clifton between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Clifton (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Clifton is the main spelling
- Clifton 96%
- Cliffton 4%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1975)