Afton
#3,517 for girls in 2025, 43 births · #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
Given to girls 85.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1917 · 78 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,223since 1895
Afton over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,517 | 43 | #8,243 | 9 |
| 2024 | #3,639 | 42 | #6,199 | 14 |
| 2023 | #3,274 | 49 | #6,517 | 13 |
| 2022 | #3,033 | 54 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | #2,674 | 64 | #7,089 | 11 |
| 2020 | #2,115 | 86 | #5,980 | 14 |
| 2019 | #2,128 | 88 | #4,951 | 19 |
| 2018 | #2,113 | 90 | #6,703 | 12 |
| 2017 | #2,236 | 84 | #6,338 | 13 |
| 2016 | #2,247 | 85 | #5,555 | 16 |
| 2015 | #2,039 | 96 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #1,982 | 100 | #5,252 | 17 |
| 2013 | #1,814 | 112 | #4,804 | 19 |
| 2012 | #2,078 | 92 | #4,251 | 23 |
| 2011 | #2,274 | 82 | #5,675 | 15 |
| 2010 | #2,136 | 92 | #4,517 | 21 |
| 2009 | #2,359 | 82 | #4,278 | 23 |
| 2008 | #1,966 | 107 | #4,267 | 23 |
| 2007 | #2,509 | 74 | #4,493 | 21 |
| 2006 | #2,602 | 69 | #5,525 | 15 |
| 2005 | #2,180 | 84 | #5,034 | 16 |
| 2004 | #2,589 | 64 | #5,246 | 15 |
| 2003 | #2,497 | 65 | #4,426 | 18 |
| 2002 | #2,605 | 59 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #2,512 | 61 | #6,445 | 10 |
| 2000 | #2,708 | 54 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,935 | 45 | #5,656 | 11 |
| 1998 | #2,973 | 43 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,556 | 50 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #2,849 | 42 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | #2,588 | 48 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #2,412 | 53 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,127 | 63 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,128 | 63 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #1,894 | 74 | #5,521 | 9 |
| 1990 | #1,543 | 99 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,277 | 123 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,392 | 101 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,179 | 124 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #1,065 | 141 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #1,074 | 136 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,091 | 127 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #823 | 186 | — | |
| 1982 | #858 | 180 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #1,559 | 76 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | — | |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 | — | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | #4,720 | 12 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | — | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | — | |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | — | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | #4,033 | 5 | |
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | #3,944 | 5 | |
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | — | |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | — | |
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | #3,734 | 5 | |
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,701 | 14 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | — | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #2,537 | 13 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #2,206 | 14 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 | #2,326 | 10 |
| 1937 | #1,784 | 19 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #1,507 | 24 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #1,779 | 19 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,603 | 22 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #1,400 | 27 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | #2,130 | 15 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | #1,502 | 25 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,289 | 34 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #1,244 | 36 | #2,589 | 10 |
| 1928 | #1,589 | 26 | #1,760 | 19 |
| 1927 | #1,362 | 35 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1926 | #1,166 | 43 | #1,981 | 16 |
| 1925 | #1,008 | 55 | #2,089 | 15 |
| 1924 | #1,017 | 57 | #2,473 | 12 |
| 1923 | #1,015 | 55 | #2,020 | 16 |
| 1922 | #1,124 | 46 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1921 | #905 | 67 | #1,766 | 20 |
| 1920 | #989 | 55 | #1,694 | 21 |
| 1919 | #828 | 72 | #1,752 | 19 |
| 1918 | #1,031 | 49 | #1,710 | 20 |
| 1917 | #784 | 78 | #1,643 | 20 |
| 1916 | #824 | 67 | #2,152 | 13 |
| 1915 | #944 | 49 | #1,553 | 20 |
| 1914 | #855 | 47 | #1,772 | 13 |
| 1913 | #881 | 36 | #1,945 | 9 |
| 1912 | #978 | 27 | — | |
| 1911 | #932 | 22 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,207 | 14 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | #1,104 | 14 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,044 | 15 | — | |
| 1907 | #945 | 16 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,420 | 8 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | #1,133 | 10 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,136 | 9 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,278 | 7 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Afton! It came in at #1,426, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1896–1898, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Afton
- 122 spots since 2024 (#3,639 → #3,517)
- 1,402 spots since 2020 (#2,115 → #3,517)
- 1,478 spots since 2015 (#2,039 → #3,517)
- Biggest jump: 701 spots in 1982 (#1,559 → #858)
- Biggest drop: 268 spots in 1984 (#823 → #1,091)
- Debuted 1895
- Peaked 1917 at #784 (78 births)
- Births halved by 1927, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1911–1917
- Highest: 1 in 8,982 girls born in 1983 were named Afton (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 37,378 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #784 in 1917, was only 1 in 13,862 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.1% of all girls named Afton (1,206) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1963, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 18 | #1,278 (1899) | #1,468 |
| 1900s | 91 | #945 (1907) | #1,310 |
| 1910s | 461 | #784 (1917) | #926 |
| 1920s | 475 | #905 (1921) | #1,142 |
| 1930s | 213 | #1,289 (1930) | #1,743 |
| 1940s | 95 | #2,297 (1940) | #3,364 |
| 1950s | 20 | #4,315 (1950) | #4,734 |
| 1960s | 29 | #5,456 (1969) | #6,252 |
| 1970s | 57 | #4,720 (1974) | #6,085 |
| 1980s | 1,206 | #823 (1983) | #1,586 |
| 1990s | 580 | #1,543 (1990) | #2,401 |
| 2000s | 719 | #1,966 (2008) | #2,453 |
| 2010s | 921 | #1,814 (2013) | #2,105 |
| 2020s | 338 | #2,115 (2020) | #3,042 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Afton in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 21,948 of them was named Afton, which outranked 87.2% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,549Latrina77
- #1,549Paulina77
- #1,549Shaniqua77
- #1,559Afton76
- #1,559Brett76
- #1,559Chris76
- #1,559Elida76
- #1,568Aleah75
- #1,568Catharine75
- #1,568Janee75
Tied with 8 names at #1,559; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 298,530 of them was named Afton, which outranked 25.0% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,961Zacarias7
- #4,961Zebediah7
- #4,961Zeno7
- #5,468Afton6
- #5,468Aaren6
- #5,468Abby6
- #5,468Abdon6
- #6,262Aakash5
- #6,262Aarion5
- #6,262Abayomi5
Tied with 793 names at #5,468; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.