Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Alton

#522 most common boys' name of all time · #1,132 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#522
Rank overall
#1,132 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
47,832
Since 2016
1,179
Peak year
1937 #173
Best rank
#78 1904
Girls Boys peak 836/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Alton is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 106 106 #1,602
2024 110 110 #1,573
2023 101 101 #1,682
2022 86 86 #1,854
2021 137 137 #1,350
2020 92 92 #1,695
2019 134 134 #1,341
2018 132 132 #1,352
2017 133 133 #1,342
2016 148 148 #1,248
2015 147 147 #1,240
2014 162 162 #1,163
2013 152 152 #1,182
2012 166 166 #1,111
2011 131 131 #1,305
2010 122 122 #1,377
2009 150 150 #1,203
2008 162 162 #1,129
2007 165 165 #1,102
2006 148 148 #1,144
2005 135 135 #1,182
2004 147 147 #1,082
2003 156 156 #1,013
2002 156 156 #998
2001 111 111 #1,209
2000 136 136 #1,053
1999 128 128 #1,063
1998 165 165 #880
1997 147 147 #925
1996 136 136 #949
1995 152 152 #888
1994 161 161 #845
1993 181 181 #785
1992 183 183 #770
1991 221 221 #682
1990 210 210 #704
1989 5 194 199 #706
1988 242 242 #604
1987 191 191 #660
1986 5 189 194 #650
1985 207 207 #608
1984 195 195 #609
1983 238 238 #544
1982 264 264 #526
1981 5 240 245 #546
1980 251 251 #541
1979 244 244 #547
1978 234 234 #541
1977 273 273 #491
1976 5 264 269 #490
1975 241 241 #516
1974 276 276 #480
1973 322 322 #435
1972 293 293 #459
1971 363 363 #424
1970 345 345 #441
1969 5 353 358 #420
1968 380 380 #401
1967 7 403 410 #372
1966 371 371 #390
1965 402 402 #390
1964 461 461 #362
1963 8 460 468 #368
1962 5 476 481 #367
1961 542 542 #336
1960 9 528 537 #339
1959 541 541 #333
1958 571 571 #322
1957 7 565 572 #324
1956 601 601 #304
1955 613 613 #288
1954 595 595 #292
1953 6 604 610 #287
1952 7 614 621 #278
1951 10 650 660 #264
1950 635 635 #260
1949 601 601 #269
1948 695 695 #245
1947 7 659 666 #260
1946 5 610 615 #253
1945 8 553 561 #241
1944 5 643 648 #216
1943 5 659 664 #223
1942 6 625 631 #227
1941 636 636 #211
1940 5 692 697 #194
1939 5 680 685 #192
1938 5 765 770 #185
1937 836 836 #173
1936 7 674 681 #189
1935 11 699 710 #188
1934 8 713 721 #184
1933 7 669 676 #184
1932 5 717 722 #184
1931 11 706 717 #186
1930 10 756 766 #183
1929 8 716 724 #191
1928 14 816 830 #176
1927 12 759 771 #192
1926 6 778 784 #184
1925 9 708 717 #197
1924 5 678 683 #205
1923 676 676 #200
1922 13 741 754 #187
1921 12 688 700 #200
1920 16 683 699 #197
1919 9 630 639 #199
1918 10 642 652 #200
1917 9 604 613 #195
1916 9 604 613 #191
1915 11 568 579 #196
1914 7 419 426 #198
1913 8 372 380 #183
1912 6 300 306 #193
1911 156 156 #196
1910 5 122 127 #212
1909 6 101 107 #213
1908 119 119 #181
1907 120 120 #183
1906 106 106 #172
1905 164 164 #135
1904 6 302 308 #78
1903 84 84 #190
1902 37 37 #324
1901 26 26 #368
1900 43 43 #329
1899 33 33 #310
1898 27 27 #381
1897 34 34 #319
1896 31 31 #349
1895 26 26 #377
1894 28 28 #343
1893 24 24 #369
1892 32 32 #334
1891 20 20 #393
1890 21 21 #398
1889 26 26 #350
1888 18 18 #453
1887 15 15 #450
1886 16 16 #459
1885 29 29 #317
1884 16 16 #480
1883 28 28 #317
1882 18 18 #430
1881 11 11 #539
1880 14 14 #485