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Clifton
The name Clifton carries the meaning "Old English place name", with roots in Old English. It belongs mostly to the 1950s at this point. These days, it is neither rare nor overly common. It has quietly persisted through most of the last century of American birth records.
Old EnglishOld English place name
Etymology"Settlement by a cliff"
Births by decade
1900s
1,202
1910s
6,176
1920s
8,811
1930s
6,892
1940s
8,200
1950s
9,892
1960s
7,663
1970s
7,894
1980s
6,431
1990s
2,941
2000s
1,646
2010s
887
Peaked in the 1950s · 68,635 total U.S. births since 1900