Afton Girl
How popular is Afton?
#3,516 girl name in 2025
43 baby girls were named Afton in the US in 2025, making it the 3516th most popular girl name. Another 9 boys got the name (#8,239 for boys).
Afton popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,516 for girls (▲ 123 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 43 girls, 9 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-55% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,039 in 2015, #2,115 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1983 (186 girls) |
| Highest rank | #784 in 1917 |
| First recorded | 1895 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 16% boys, 84% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Afton counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Afton family of names ranked #2,411 for girls in 2025 (#2,630 the year before), with 48 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Afton | 43 | 90% |
| Aftyn | 5 | 10% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Afton is most popular
Babies named Afton per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Afton by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 18 | #1,277 |
| 1900s | 91 | #945 |
| 1910s | 461 | #784 |
| 1920s | 475 | #905 |
| 1930s | 213 | #1,289 |
| 1940s | 95 | #2,296 |
| 1950s | 20 | #4,313 |
| 1960s | 29 | #5,455 |
| 1970s | 57 | #4,719 |
| 1980s | 1,206 | #823 |
| 1990s | 580 | #1,539 |
| 2000s | 719 | #1,966 |
| 2010s | 921 | #1,814 |
| 2020s | 338 | #2,115 |
Girl names about as popular as Afton
Questions
- Is Afton a boy or girl name?
- Afton is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 84% of babies named Afton were girls.
- How popular is the name Afton?
- 43 baby girls were named Afton in the US in 2025, making it the 3516th most popular girl name. Another 9 boys got the name (#8,239 for boys).
- When was Afton most popular?
- Afton peaked in 1983, when 186 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #784 in 1917.
- How many people are named Afton?
- 6,077 babies have been named Afton in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,439 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 24.
- Where is Afton most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Afton was most common in Utah, at 1.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.