How popular is the name Afton?

Afton ranks 2,059th among girls' names in US records, with 6,024 births since 1895. Over the past decade it accounts for 737.

Is Afton a unisex name?

No. Afton is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1983, when 186 children were given the name. It has been in use for 130 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#2,059 of girl names

Pronounced AE1 F T AA1 N (ARPABET)

Afton is a girls' name, and first appears in 1895. It has been given to 6,024 children — the 2,059th most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1983, when 186 children were given it.

1983Girls: 186Boys: 0

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Afton?: Afton ranks 2,059th among girls' names in US records, with 6,024 births since 1895. Over the past decade it accounts for 737.
Is Afton a unisex name?: No. Afton is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Afton most popular?: 1983, when 186 children were given the name. It has been in use for 130 years and is still recorded as of 2024.