How Many People Are Named Afton?
people named Afton are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 77,643 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,077 babies named Afton in Social Security records from 1895 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
186 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Afton, 88.8% were girls and 11.2% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1910s: 79.3% of the babies were girls then and 83.3% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Afton alive today is about 26 years old, and 58% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 39 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Afton first appears in the records in 1895 and was given most often in 1982, to 186 babies. In 2025, 52 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1895 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Afton has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #784, in 1917. In 2025 it ranked #3,518. Among boys, its best rank was #1,421, in 1910.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,518 | #8,261 |
| Best rank | #784 (1917) | #1,421 (1910) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,188 in the 1980s | #5,553 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Afton alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Afton were born in Utah than in any other state: about 547 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Afton was given 54.3 times as often in Utah, 22.3 times in Idaho and 3.2 times in Minnesota.
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