girls:
5.1k births since 1895
#2355 (59th percentile)
boys:
830 births since 1910
#3757 (18th percentile)
overall:
6k births since 1895
#3509 (55th percentile)
The name Afton is the #3,509 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,968 recorded births since 1895. This represents the 54.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 54.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,355 (58.8% percentile) for all time with 5,138 births since 1895. For boys, it ranks #3,757 (18.0% percentile) for all time with 830 births since 1910.
Afton first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1895 (1895 for girls and 1910 for boys). Birth data for Afton is available in 113 out of the 129 years between 1895 and 2023 (110 years for girls and 70 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Afton has been given predominantly to girls, with 86.1% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 80.3% of babies named Afton were girls.
For girls, Afton reached its peak popularity in 1983, achieving the 23.4% percentile (ranked #594) with 104 births per million. The name was most common in 1983, with 104 births per million (ranked 23.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Afton ranks #903 for girls (4.7% percentile) with 28 births per million, which is 27.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Afton reached its peak popularity in 1920, achieving the 3.0% percentile (ranked #519) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 1910, with 29 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Afton ranks #904 for boys (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 22.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Afton".
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Our model is 85.7% confident that Afton is pronounced as AF-tuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uhf-TUHN, at 14.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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