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Afton

#3,518 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Afton has been given to 6,077 babies in the U.S. since 1895. In 2025 it ranked #3,518 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1983, with 186 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 86% girls, 14% boys all-time.

Babies named Afton, 2025

1 in 77,100

Afton over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Afton over time

In 2025, Afton went to 83% girls and 17% boys.

18952025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Afton: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Afton means

Afton is a given name.

The naming story behind Afton

Wikidata records Afton as a female given name. The entity identifier is Q66247006, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,223 girls were recorded with the name Afton between 1895 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 186 in 1983; its best national rank was #784 in 1917.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,115 in 2020 to #3,518 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,040 in 2015 to #3,518 in 2025.

In the United States, 854 boys were recorded with the name Afton between 1910 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 23 in 2008; its best national rank was #1,421 in 1910.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,984 in 2020 to #8,261 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #9,594 in 2015 to #8,261 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Afton?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 77,100
43 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 37,400
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#3,518
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
53,441 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Afton sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 53,441 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Afton. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Aftons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Afton was born before 1989 — so the typical Afton is around 36 today.

Median birth year
1989
About 36 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
23.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
36.8%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
3,870
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1980s — 23.1% of all recorded uses (1,206).

Is Afton rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+122
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,403
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,478
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.45×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
23.1%
Peak was 1983 (186)
Years since peak
42
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
12.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#784
1917

Spellings of Afton

Afton is not the most common spelling — Payton is, with 61.6% against Afton's 5.4%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Afton is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Afton was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 1,053 girls, against 1 in 49,016 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in —).

095 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 1,053
  2. 2Idaho1 in 2,632
  3. 3Minnesota1 in 20,000
  4. 4Wyoming1 in 20,000
  5. 5Virginia1 in 25,000
  6. 6Texas1 in 50,000
  7. 7Arizona1 in 100,000
  8. 8California1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Afton has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Afton is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Afton was most concentrated in Arkansas — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 602,628 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Arkansas1 in 100,000
  2. 2Utah1 in 100,000
  3. 3Oklahoma1 in —
  4. 4Texas1 in —
  5. 5Virginia1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Afton has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Afton around the world

Where Afton ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1998–2000
    #3,912
    in 2000
  • Scotland
    1983–2021
    #652
    in 2021
  • France
    1984–2007
    #5,718
    in 2007
  • Canada
    1991–2016
    #3,204
    in 2016
  • South Australia
    1986–2007
    #803
    in 2007

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Afton

People whose public names include Afton, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Afton by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,518
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,403
Best rank ever
#784
1917
Peak year
1983
186 that year
First recorded
1895
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,223
Count in 2025
43

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#8,261
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,277
Best rank ever
#1,421
1910
Peak year
2008
23 that year
First recorded
1910
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
854
Count in 2025
9

Names similar to Afton

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Afton

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Afton, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Afton

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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