Altonia — boys' name
7 babies named Altonia in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Altonia was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Altonia in 1972 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Altonia
The Social Security Administration has registered 7 babies named Altonia between 1972 and 1972, spanning 1 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Altonia currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1972. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Altonia is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1970.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Altonia performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 7 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Altonia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 7 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Altonia at a glance
Last recorded 1972Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Altonia popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1972
- Peak year (1972)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 1 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1972.
7 total births across 1 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1972 with 7 births in a single year.
Altonia popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1970 (Altonia as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Altonia accounts for 42% of total recorded use across both genders.
Altonia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 7 births that decade — 100% of Altonia's all-time total
Altonia decade highlights
- Peak decade 7 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Altonia's strongest decade
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1972–1972 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.