Afton
Afton is given to both girls and boys: 43 girls and 9 boys were given it in 2025 (#3,518 among girls’ names and #8,261 among boys’, #5,473 among all names counting both); 6,077 Americans have been recorded with it since 1895 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 4,390 Americans named Afton and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (72% of everyone recorded); the median is 24 years old and half are between 13 and 39.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Afton by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Afton?
#3,518 among girls’ names, 2025
Afton fell from #2,040 in 2015 to #3,518 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 53.8 to 26.8 per million.
186 babies in 1982, the peak
Afton peaked in 1982, when 186 babies were given it (180 girls, #858 among girls’ names). The 52 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 28% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #3,518 | 9 | #8,261 |
| 2024 | 42 | #3,640 | 14 | #6,202 |
| 2023 | 49 | #3,275 | 13 | #6,525 |
| 2022 | 54 | #3,033 | 7 | #9,848 |
| 2021 | 64 | #2,674 | 11 | #7,103 |
| 2020 | 86 | #2,115 | 14 | #5,984 |
| 2019 | 88 | #2,128 | 19 | #4,955 |
| 2018 | 90 | #2,113 | 12 | #6,708 |
| 2017 | 84 | #2,238 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2016 | 85 | #2,248 | 16 | #5,553 |
Every recorded year (115)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 96 | #2,040 | 7 | #9,594 |
| 2014 | 100 | #1,982 | 17 | #5,252 |
| 2013 | 112 | #1,814 | 19 | #4,804 |
| 2012 | 92 | #2,079 | 23 | #4,251 |
| 2011 | 82 | #2,274 | 15 | #5,674 |
| 2010 | 92 | #2,136 | 21 | #4,520 |
| 2009 | 82 | #2,358 | 23 | #4,281 |
| 2008 | 107 | #1,966 | 23 | #4,266 |
| 2007 | 74 | #2,509 | 21 | #4,495 |
| 2006 | 69 | #2,603 | 15 | #5,525 |
| 2005 | 84 | #2,180 | 16 | #5,034 |
| 2004 | 64 | #2,586 | 15 | #5,243 |
| 2003 | 65 | #2,494 | 18 | #4,425 |
| 2002 | 59 | #2,602 | 11 | #6,089 |
| 2001 | 61 | #2,508 | 10 | #6,448 |
| 2000 | 54 | #2,704 | under 5 | |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,932 | 11 | #5,654 |
| 1998 | 43 | #2,970 | under 5 | |
| 1997 | 50 | #2,553 | 5 | #9,284 |
| 1996 | 42 | #2,845 | 10 | #5,530 |
| 1995 | 48 | #2,583 | 6 | #7,806 |
| 1994 | 53 | #2,407 | under 5 | |
| 1993 | 63 | #2,122 | under 5 | |
| 1992 | 63 | #2,123 | 7 | #6,669 |
| 1991 | 74 | #1,890 | 9 | #5,522 |
| 1990 | 99 | #1,539 | under 5 | |
| 1989 | 123 | #1,275 | under 5 | |
| 1988 | 101 | #1,391 | under 5 | |
| 1987 | 124 | #1,179 | 6 | #6,090 |
| 1986 | 141 | #1,065 | 5 | #6,731 |
| 1985 | 136 | #1,074 | under 5 | |
| 1984 | 127 | #1,091 | 7 | #4,980 |
| 1983 | 186 | #823 | under 5 | |
| 1982 | 180 | #858 | 6 | #5,632 |
| 1981 | 76 | #1,559 | 6 | #5,479 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,547 | under 5 | |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,700 | under 5 | |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,962 | under 5 | |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,570 | under 5 | |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,904 | under 5 | |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,724 | 6 | #4,640 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,667 | under 5 | |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,461 | under 5 | |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,809 | under 5 | |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,544 | under 5 | |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,773 | under 5 | |
| 1962 | under 5 | 5 | #4,038 | |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,700 | under 5 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 5 | #3,949 | |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,742 | under 5 | |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,148 | under 5 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 5 | #3,738 | |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,319 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,248 | under 5 | |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,702 | under 5 | |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,704 | under 5 | |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,664 | under 5 | |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,025 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,945 | under 5 | |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,495 | 6 | #3,234 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,536 | 6 | #3,217 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,028 | 5 | #3,506 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,297 | 10 | #2,323 |
| 1939 | 14 | #2,206 | 7 | #2,833 |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,226 | 10 | #2,327 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,784 | 6 | #3,178 |
| 1936 | 24 | #1,507 | 7 | #2,856 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,779 | under 5 | |
| 1934 | 22 | #1,603 | 5 | #3,683 |
| 1933 | 27 | #1,400 | 10 | #2,368 |
| 1932 | 15 | #2,129 | 5 | #3,779 |
| 1931 | 25 | #1,501 | under 5 | |
| 1930 | 34 | #1,289 | 6 | #3,596 |
| 1929 | 36 | #1,243 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 26 | #1,588 | 19 | #1,761 |
| 1927 | 35 | #1,361 | 14 | #2,196 |
| 1926 | 43 | #1,166 | 16 | #1,982 |
| 1925 | 55 | #1,008 | 15 | #2,091 |
| 1924 | 57 | #1,017 | 12 | #2,474 |
| 1923 | 55 | #1,015 | 16 | #2,022 |
| 1922 | 46 | #1,124 | 16 | #2,040 |
| 1921 | 67 | #907 | 20 | #1,767 |
| 1920 | 55 | #989 | 21 | #1,694 |
| 1919 | 72 | #829 | 19 | #1,751 |
| 1918 | 49 | #1,032 | 20 | #1,711 |
| 1917 | 78 | #784 | 20 | #1,644 |
| 1916 | 67 | #824 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 1915 | 49 | #944 | 20 | #1,552 |
| 1914 | 47 | #855 | 13 | #1,774 |
| 1913 | 36 | #882 | 9 | #1,945 |
| 1912 | 27 | #979 | under 5 | |
| 1911 | 22 | #932 | under 5 | |
| 1910 | 14 | #1,207 | 6 | #1,421 |
| 1909 | 14 | #1,104 | under 5 | |
| 1908 | 15 | #1,044 | under 5 | |
| 1907 | 16 | #946 | under 5 | |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,417 | under 5 | |
| 1905 | 8 | #1,419 | under 5 | |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,658 | under 5 | |
| 1902 | 10 | #1,134 | under 5 | |
| 1901 | 9 | #1,137 | under 5 | |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,932 | under 5 | |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,278 | under 5 | |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,700 | under 5 | |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,428 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Afton a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 6,077 Americans recorded as Afton, 86% are girls and 14% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Afton: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Afton, and how old are they?
4,390 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 72% of the 6,077 Americans ever recorded as Afton. The median Afton alive today is 24 years old; half are between 13 and 39.
The 2020 Census counted 4,065 people named Afton (3,575 women and girls, 490 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 4,145 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 95 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 62 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 87 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,650 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,340 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,160 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Afton born?
The states with the most babies named Afton are Utah, Texas and Idaho, with 65% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Utah and Idaho are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 1,221 | #249 | 18.4× |
| Texas | 242 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Idaho | 230 | not ranked | 7.1× |
| Virginia | 170 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| California | 165 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Minnesota | 153 | #839 | 1.3× |
| Missouri | 43 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Illinois | 32 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Iowa | 30 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 30 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Afton is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Afton is most over-represented in Utah: since 1910 it was given 18.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Afton with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 6,591 babies since 1880, Afton is the most given (92% of them). In 2025 it was given to 52 of their 57 babies (91%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
More about Afton and names like it
- Compare Afton and AftynBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sAfton peaked in 1982.
- Utah’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Afton since 1910.
- The top names of 1982The year the most babies were named Afton.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Afton alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with AMost given first.