first name
ALTON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 20,582 people named Alton, 56.7% reported their origin as White, 34.7% as Black and 3.3% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Alton peaked in 1937, when 836 babies got the name.
At least 47,832 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Alton by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #423. The largest share of babies named Alton, 26.5%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.
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 Alton is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Alton has been most common in Louisiana (5.2×), North Carolina (3.7×), and Maine (3.6×), and least common in Kansas (0.11×).
40,537 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.
Either side of Alton
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Alton, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Alton ranks #8,220 of 156,621, with 3,858 people. See Alton as a last name
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