Alton Boy
How popular is Alton?
#1,602 boy name in 2025
106 baby boys were named Alton in the US in 2025, making it the 1602nd most popular boy name.
Alton popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,602 for boys (▼ 29 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 106 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-28% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,239 in 2015, #1,694 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1937 (836 boys) |
| Highest rank | #78 in 1904 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Alton counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Alton family of names ranked #1,310 for boys in 2025 (#1,255 the year before), with 118 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alton | 106 | 90% |
| Altan | 12 | 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 Alton is most popular
Babies named Alton per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- South Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 boys)
- Indiana: 0.1 per 1,000 (14 boys)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (39 boys)
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (20 boys)
- Tennessee: 0.1 per 1,000 (14 boys)
Alton by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 191 | #309 |
| 1890s | 276 | #306 |
| 1900s | 1,102 | #78 |
| 1910s | 4,417 | #183 |
| 1920s | 7,243 | #176 |
| 1930s | 7,215 | #173 |
| 1940s | 6,373 | #194 |
| 1950s | 5,989 | #259 |
| 1960s | 4,376 | #336 |
| 1970s | 2,855 | #424 |
| 1980s | 2,211 | #526 |
| 1990s | 1,684 | #678 |
| 2000s | 1,466 | #997 |
| 2010s | 1,427 | #1,111 |
| 2020s | 632 | #1,349 |
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Questions
- Is Alton a boy or girl name?
- Alton is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Alton were boys.
- How popular is the name Alton?
- 106 baby boys were named Alton in the US in 2025, making it the 1602nd most popular boy name.
- When was Alton most popular?
- Alton peaked in 1937, when 836 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #78 in 1904.
- How many people are named Alton?
- 47,832 babies have been named Alton in the US since 1880. We estimate about 22,003 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 60.
- Where is Alton most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Alton was most common in South Carolina, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys 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.