Afton*
#2,206 most common girls' name of all time · #3,750 across all names · 14% male / 86% female · used 1895–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#2,206
Rank overall
#3,750 of 105,966
First appeared
1895
Years on the list
115 of 146
All-time
6,077
Since 2016
813
Peak year
1982 #858
Best rank
#787 1917
Girls
Boys
peak 186/yr
Afton first appears in 1895. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | 9 | 52 | #3,521 |
| 2024 | 42 | 14 | 56 | #3,648 |
| 2023 | 49 | 13 | 62 | #3,284 |
| 2022 | 54 | 7 | 61 | #3,042 |
| 2021 | 64 | 11 | 75 | #2,680 |
| 2020 | 86 | 14 | 100 | #2,119 |
| 2019 | 88 | 19 | 107 | #2,129 |
| 2018 | 90 | 12 | 102 | #2,115 |
| 2017 | 84 | 13 | 97 | #2,242 |
| 2016 | 85 | 16 | 101 | #2,251 |
| 2015 | 96 | 7 | 103 | #2,042 |
| 2014 | 100 | 17 | 117 | #1,986 |
| 2013 | 112 | 19 | 131 | #1,815 |
| 2012 | 92 | 23 | 115 | #2,081 |
| 2011 | 82 | 15 | 97 | #2,279 |
| 2010 | 92 | 21 | 113 | #2,138 |
| 2009 | 82 | 23 | 105 | #2,361 |
| 2008 | 107 | 23 | 130 | #1,967 |
| 2007 | 74 | 21 | 95 | #2,511 |
| 2006 | 69 | 15 | 84 | #2,605 |
| 2005 | 84 | 16 | 100 | #2,185 |
| 2004 | 64 | 15 | 79 | #2,596 |
| 2003 | 65 | 18 | 83 | #2,499 |
| 2002 | 59 | 11 | 70 | #2,610 |
| 2001 | 61 | 10 | 71 | #2,515 |
| 2000 | 54 | — | 54 | #2,712 |
| 1999 | 45 | 11 | 56 | #2,940 |
| 1998 | 43 | — | 43 | #2,977 |
| 1997 | 50 | 5 | 55 | #2,561 |
| 1996 | 42 | 10 | 52 | #2,855 |
| 1995 | 48 | 6 | 54 | #2,591 |
| 1994 | 53 | — | 53 | #2,416 |
| 1993 | 63 | — | 63 | #2,133 |
| 1992 | 63 | 7 | 70 | #2,129 |
| 1991 | 74 | 9 | 83 | #1,897 |
| 1990 | 99 | — | 99 | #1,544 |
| 1989 | 123 | — | 123 | #1,281 |
| 1988 | 101 | — | 101 | #1,393 |
| 1987 | 124 | 6 | 130 | #1,179 |
| 1986 | 141 | 5 | 146 | #1,067 |
| 1985 | 136 | — | 136 | #1,074 |
| 1984 | 127 | 7 | 134 | #1,095 |
| 1983 | 186 | — | 186 | #824 |
| 1982 | 180 | 6 | 186 | #858 |
| 1981 | 76 | 6 | 82 | #1,561 |
| 1980 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,582 |
| 1979 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,760 |
| 1978 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,016 |
| 1977 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,660 |
| 1976 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,945 |
| 1974 | 12 | 6 | 18 | #4,771 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,763 |
| 1969 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,515 |
| 1967 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,902 |
| 1965 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,646 |
| 1964 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,876 |
| 1962 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1960 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,787 |
| 1958 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1955 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,820 |
| 1954 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,258 |
| 1952 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1950 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #4,414 |
| 1949 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,381 |
| 1948 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,736 |
| 1947 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,769 |
| 1946 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,751 |
| 1945 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #4,127 |
| 1944 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,009 |
| 1943 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #3,565 |
| 1942 | 13 | 6 | 19 | #2,576 |
| 1941 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #3,088 |
| 1940 | 13 | 10 | 23 | #2,352 |
| 1939 | 14 | 7 | 21 | #2,242 |
| 1938 | 14 | 10 | 24 | #2,272 |
| 1937 | 19 | 6 | 25 | #1,815 |
| 1936 | 24 | 7 | 31 | #1,527 |
| 1935 | 19 | — | 19 | #1,812 |
| 1934 | 22 | 5 | 27 | #1,629 |
| 1933 | 27 | 10 | 37 | #1,417 |
| 1932 | 15 | 5 | 20 | #2,178 |
| 1931 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,525 |
| 1930 | 34 | 6 | 40 | #1,305 |
| 1929 | 36 | 10 | 46 | #1,251 |
| 1928 | 26 | 19 | 45 | #1,614 |
| 1927 | 35 | 14 | 49 | #1,377 |
| 1926 | 43 | 16 | 59 | #1,176 |
| 1925 | 55 | 15 | 70 | #1,019 |
| 1924 | 57 | 12 | 69 | #1,027 |
| 1923 | 55 | 16 | 71 | #1,022 |
| 1922 | 46 | 16 | 62 | #1,137 |
| 1921 | 67 | 20 | 87 | #912 |
| 1920 | 55 | 21 | 76 | #1,000 |
| 1919 | 72 | 19 | 91 | #830 |
| 1918 | 49 | 20 | 69 | #1,039 |
| 1917 | 78 | 20 | 98 | #787 |
| 1916 | 67 | 13 | 80 | #828 |
| 1915 | 49 | 20 | 69 | #956 |
| 1914 | 47 | 13 | 60 | #860 |
| 1913 | 36 | 9 | 45 | #897 |
| 1912 | 27 | — | 27 | #1,001 |
| 1911 | 22 | — | 22 | #956 |
| 1910 | 14 | 6 | 20 | #1,251 |
| 1909 | 14 | — | 14 | #1,142 |
| 1908 | 15 | — | 15 | #1,077 |
| 1907 | 16 | — | 16 | #987 |
| 1906 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,522 |
| 1905 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,508 |
| 1904 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,797 |
| 1902 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,214 |
| 1901 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,211 |
| 1900 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,092 |
| 1899 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,376 |
| 1898 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,888 |
| 1895 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,562 |