Alton
Last seen for girls in 1989 at #12,362 · #1,602 for boys in 2025, 106 births
Given to boys 99.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1904 · 302 births
- Debut · boys
- 14 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 1 yrof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 47,457since 1880
Alton over time
Rank among boys' names. 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 | — | #1,602 | 106 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,573 | 110 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,681 | 101 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,852 | 86 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,349 | 137 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,694 | 92 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,340 | 134 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,352 | 132 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,341 | 133 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,248 | 148 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,239 | 147 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,163 | 162 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,180 | 152 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,111 | 166 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,305 | 131 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,376 | 122 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,202 | 150 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,129 | 162 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,102 | 165 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,144 | 148 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,182 | 135 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,080 | 147 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,012 | 156 | |
| 2002 | — | #998 | 156 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,208 | 111 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,053 | 136 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,063 | 128 | |
| 1998 | — | #878 | 165 | |
| 1997 | — | #922 | 147 | |
| 1996 | — | #949 | 136 | |
| 1995 | — | #887 | 152 | |
| 1994 | — | #844 | 161 | |
| 1993 | — | #785 | 181 | |
| 1992 | — | #770 | 183 | |
| 1991 | — | #682 | 221 | |
| 1990 | — | #704 | 210 | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #706 | 194 |
| 1988 | — | #604 | 242 | |
| 1987 | — | #660 | 191 | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #648 | 189 |
| 1985 | — | #607 | 207 | |
| 1984 | — | #608 | 195 | |
| 1983 | — | #544 | 238 | |
| 1982 | — | #526 | 264 | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #545 | 240 |
| 1980 | — | #539 | 251 | |
| 1979 | — | #546 | 244 | |
| 1978 | — | #540 | 234 | |
| 1977 | — | #491 | 273 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #489 | 264 |
| 1975 | — | #515 | 241 | |
| 1974 | — | #478 | 276 | |
| 1973 | — | #435 | 322 | |
| 1972 | — | #458 | 293 | |
| 1971 | — | #424 | 363 | |
| 1970 | — | #440 | 345 | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #420 | 353 |
| 1968 | — | #401 | 380 | |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | #372 | 403 |
| 1966 | — | #390 | 371 | |
| 1965 | — | #389 | 402 | |
| 1964 | — | #362 | 461 | |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | #368 | 460 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #367 | 476 |
| 1961 | — | #336 | 542 | |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 | #338 | 528 |
| 1959 | — | #333 | 541 | |
| 1958 | — | #322 | 571 | |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | #324 | 565 |
| 1956 | — | #304 | 601 | |
| 1955 | — | #288 | 613 | |
| 1954 | — | #292 | 595 | |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #287 | 604 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | #278 | 614 |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 | #264 | 650 |
| 1950 | — | #259 | 635 | |
| 1949 | — | #269 | 601 | |
| 1948 | — | #245 | 695 | |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | #260 | 659 |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #253 | 610 |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | #241 | 553 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #216 | 643 |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #223 | 659 |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #227 | 625 |
| 1941 | — | #211 | 636 | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #194 | 692 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #192 | 680 |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #185 | 765 |
| 1937 | — | #173 | 836 | |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | #189 | 674 |
| 1935 | #2,575 | 11 | #188 | 699 |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 | #184 | 713 |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | #184 | 669 |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #184 | 717 |
| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 | #186 | 706 |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 | #183 | 756 |
| 1929 | #3,394 | 8 | #191 | 716 |
| 1928 | #2,381 | 14 | #176 | 816 |
| 1927 | #2,699 | 12 | #191 | 759 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #183 | 778 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | #197 | 708 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #205 | 678 |
| 1923 | — | #200 | 676 | |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 | #187 | 741 |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 | #200 | 688 |
| 1920 | #2,263 | 16 | #197 | 683 |
| 1919 | #3,219 | 9 | #199 | 630 |
| 1918 | #3,024 | 10 | #200 | 642 |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 | #195 | 604 |
| 1916 | #3,031 | 9 | #190 | 604 |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | #195 | 568 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | #198 | 419 |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 | #183 | 372 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | #192 | 300 |
| 1911 | — | #194 | 156 | |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | #210 | 122 |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | #212 | 101 |
| 1908 | — | #180 | 119 | |
| 1907 | — | #180 | 120 | |
| 1906 | — | #171 | 106 | |
| 1905 | — | #135 | 164 | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | #78 | 302 |
| 1903 | — | #190 | 84 | |
| 1902 | — | #317 | 37 | |
| 1901 | — | #359 | 26 | |
| 1900 | — | #325 | 43 | |
| 1899 | — | #306 | 33 | |
| 1898 | — | #377 | 27 | |
| 1897 | — | #316 | 34 | |
| 1896 | — | #338 | 31 | |
| 1895 | — | #368 | 26 | |
| 1894 | — | #336 | 28 | |
| 1893 | — | #368 | 24 | |
| 1892 | — | #329 | 32 | |
| 1891 | — | #386 | 20 | |
| 1890 | — | #389 | 21 | |
| 1889 | — | #348 | 26 | |
| 1888 | — | #442 | 18 | |
| 1887 | — | #438 | 15 | |
| 1886 | — | #451 | 16 | |
| 1885 | — | #312 | 29 | |
| 1884 | — | #468 | 16 | |
| 1883 | — | #309 | 28 | |
| 1882 | — | #426 | 18 | |
| 1881 | — | #533 | 11 | |
| 1880 | — | #482 | 14 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Alton was already there! It came in at #482, and was given to 14 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 15 boys a year got the name.
See more about Alton
- 29 spots since 2024 (#1,573 → #1,602)
- 92 spots since 2020 (#1,694 → #1,602)
- 363 spots since 2015 (#1,239 → #1,602)
- Biggest jump: 210 spots in 2002 (#1,208 → #998)
- Biggest drop: 185 spots in 1999 (#878 → #1,063)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1904 at #78 (302 births)
- Births halved by 1906, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 1 yr · 1904
- Top 1,000: 120 yrs · run 1880–1998
- Highest: 1 in 424 boys born in 1904 were named Alton (0.24%)
- Latest: 1 in 16,114 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 15.3% of all boys named Alton (7,243) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 191 | #309 (1883) | #421 |
| 1890s | 276 | #306 (1899) | #351 |
| 1900s | 1,102 | #78 (1904) | #215 |
| 1910s | 4,417 | #183 (1913) | #196 |
| 1920s | 7,243 | #176 (1928) | #193 |
| 1930s | 7,215 | #173 (1937) | #185 |
| 1940s | 6,373 | #194 (1940) | #234 |
| 1950s | 5,989 | #259 (1950) | #295 |
| 1960s | 4,376 | #336 (1961) | #374 |
| 1970s | 2,855 | #424 (1971) | #482 |
| 1980s | 2,211 | #526 (1982) | #599 |
| 1990s | 1,684 | #682 (1991) | #848 |
| 2000s | 1,466 | #998 (2002) | #1,111 |
| 2010s | 1,427 | #1,111 (2012) | #1,266 |
| 2020s | 632 | #1,349 (2021) | #1,625 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Alton in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 115,763 of them was named Alton, which outranked 45.9% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,822Yasuko11
- #2,822Zell11
- #2,822Zoa11
- #3,024Alton10
- #3,024Adalene10
- #3,024Adina10
- #3,024Adria10
- #3,244Adair9
- #3,244Adelena9
- #3,244Adena9
Tied with 219 names at #3,024; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 1,579 of them was named Alton, which outranked 95.8% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.