How Many People Are Named Alton?
people named Alton are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 15,956 people in the US has this name
Based on 47,832 babies named Alton in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
836 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an Old English surname which was derived from a place name meaning "town at the source of the river".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Alton, 0.5% were girls and 99.5% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Alton alive today is about 54 years old, and 48% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 37 and 72 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Alton first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1937, to 836 babies. In 2025, 106 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Alton never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #78, in 1904, and it was in the top 100 in 1904. In 2025 it ranked #1,602.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,602 |
| Best rank | #78 (1904) |
| Years in the top 100 | 1 (1904 to 1904) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #187 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Alton alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Alton were born in Texas than in any other state: about 2,581 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Alton was given 4.9 times as often in Louisiana, 3.5 times in North Carolina and 3.1 times in Georgia.
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