# Afton (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/afton/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,077 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 854 / 5,223 (86% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 7, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 82 | 2,274 |
| 2012 | 92 | 2,079 |
| 2013 | 112 | 1,814 |
| 2014 | 100 | 1,982 |
| 2015 | 96 | 2,040 |
| 2016 | 85 | 2,248 |
| 2017 | 84 | 2,238 |
| 2018 | 90 | 2,113 |
| 2019 | 88 | 2,128 |
| 2020 | 86 | 2,115 |
| 2021 | 64 | 2,674 |
| 2022 | 54 | 3,033 |
| 2023 | 49 | 3,275 |
| 2024 | 42 | 3,640 |
| 2025 | 43 | 3,519 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 5,679 |
| 2012 | 23 | 4,254 |
| 2013 | 19 | 4,807 |
| 2014 | 17 | 5,256 |
| 2015 | 7 | 9,600 |
| 2016 | 16 | 5,557 |
| 2017 | 13 | 6,345 |
| 2018 | 12 | 6,712 |
| 2019 | 19 | 4,959 |
| 2020 | 14 | 5,988 |
| 2021 | 11 | 7,108 |
| 2022 | 7 | 9,854 |
| 2023 | 13 | 6,530 |
| 2024 | 14 | 6,207 |
| 2025 | 9 | 8,265 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 4 | 3,142 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |

## People named Afton

- Afton Williamson, American actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.