How rare is the name Afton?

4,065 people in the United States have the first name Afton, about 1 in 74,301. It ranks #4,538 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

AFTON

#4,538

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,065
About
1 in 74,301
This common or more
84.2%
Who bears it

Of the 4,065 people named Afton, 85.7% reported their origin as White, 4.7% as Black and 4.3% as two or more races. 87.9% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Afton peaked in 1982, when 186 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18952025
Peak year
1982
Births that year
186
In 2025*
52 ▼72%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 6,077 babies have been given the name since 1895. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Afton by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #1,444. The largest share of babies named Afton, 27.9%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1890s#2,96218
1900s#2,03491
1910s#1,444581
1920s#1,710634
1930s#2,608269
1940s#4,430128
1950s#9,12835
1960s#10,40434
1970s#10,70763
1980s#1,9271,236
1990s#3,658628
2000s#3,662871
2010s#3,3711,083
2020s#4,581406
Before 19010.4%
Greatest Generation 1901–2719.9%
Silent Generation 1928–457.4%
Baby boom 1946–641.4%
Generation X 1965–801.5%
Millennials 1981–9627.9%
Generation Z 1997–1222.2%
2013 and later19.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Afton is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Afton has been most common in Utah (56×), Idaho (22×), and Minnesota (3.2×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.21×).

2,605 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Afton

1 other first name also has 4,065 people.

#4,538 Zhen · 4,065

Either side of Afton

#4,536 Dorinda · 4,069#4,537 Dinora · 4,068#4,538 Zhen · 4,065#4,540 Rashmi · 4,062

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Afton, most common first.

#32,621 Aftyn · 257#45,829 Aften · 147#48,183 Aftan · 133

Also a last name

As a last name, Afton ranks #86,747 of 156,621, with 231 people. See Afton as a last name

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