Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Klifton isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1986. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Klifton through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1986. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Klifton’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Klifton, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Clinton
“from the town on the hill”
>99% boys
Brenton
“from the hill”
>99% boys
Sheldon
“from the steep valley”
>99% boys
Johnathon
“God has given” · “a gift of God”
>99% boys
Alain
“one who is precious” · “resembling a little rock”
>99% boys
Triston
Triston is a variant of Tristan. One Celtic interpretation is “a sorrowful man; in Arthurian legend, a knight of the Round Table.”
>99% boys
Jonathon
“God has given” · “a gift of God”
>99% boys
Davon
“Beloved” · “darling”
>99% boys