Afton is an uncommon name used for both girls and boys that peaked in 1982 and has grown less common since.
Afton is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #3,519 among girls (43) and #8,265 among boys (9) — overall #5,474 across all names. The charts below show girls and boys separately.
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52 | 52 | #3,519 | #8,265 |
| 2024 | 56 | 56 | #3,640 | #6,207 |
| 2023 | 62 | 62 | #3,275 | #6,530 |
| 2022 | 61 | 61 | #3,033 | #9,854 |
| 2021 | 75 | 75 | #2,674 | #7,108 |
| 2020 | 100 | 100 | #2,115 | #5,988 |
| 2019 | 107 | 107 | #2,128 | #4,959 |
| 2018 | 102 | 102 | #2,113 | #6,712 |
| 2017 | 97 | 97 | #2,238 | #6,345 |
| 2016 | 101 | 101 | #2,248 | #5,557 |
| 2015 | 103 | 103 | #2,040 | #9,600 |
| 2014 | 117 | 117 | #1,982 | #5,256 |
| 2013 | 131 | 131 | #1,814 | #4,807 |
| 2012 | 115 | 115 | #2,079 | #4,254 |
| 2011 | 97 | 97 | #2,274 | #5,679 |
| 2010 | 113 | 113 | #2,136 | #4,521 |
| 2009 | 105 | 105 | #2,359 | #4,283 |
| 2008 | 130 | 130 | #1,966 | #4,269 |
| 2007 | 95 | 95 | #2,509 | #4,497 |
| 2006 | 84 | 84 | #2,603 | #5,529 |
| 2005 | 100 | 100 | #2,181 | #5,039 |
| 2004 | 79 | 79 | #2,589 | #5,248 |
| 2003 | 83 | 83 | #2,497 | #4,430 |
| 2002 | 70 | 70 | #2,605 | #6,096 |
| 2001 | 71 | 71 | #2,512 | #6,455 |
| 2000 | 54 | 54 | #2,708 | — |
| 1999 | 56 | 56 | #2,935 | #5,660 |
| 1998 | 43 | 43 | #2,973 | — |
| 1997 | 55 | — | #2,556 | #9,290 |
| 1996 | 52 | — | #2,849 | #5,537 |
| 1995 | 54 | — | #2,588 | #7,813 |
| 1994 | 53 | — | #2,412 | — |
| 1993 | 63 | — | #2,127 | — |
| 1992 | 70 | — | #2,128 | #6,676 |
| 1991 | 83 | — | #1,896 | #5,529 |
| 1990 | 99 | — | #1,543 | — |
| 1989 | 123 | — | #1,278 | — |
| 1988 | 101 | — | #1,392 | — |
| 1987 | 130 | — | #1,179 | #6,097 |
| 1986 | 146 | — | #1,065 | #6,737 |
| 1985 | 136 | — | #1,074 | — |
| 1984 | 134 | — | #1,091 | #4,984 |
| 1983 | 186 | — | #823 | — |
| 1982 | 186 | — | #858 | #5,634 |
| 1981 | 82 | — | #1,559 | #5,481 |
| 1980 | 12 | — | #5,548 | — |
| 1979 | 9 | — | #6,702 | — |
| 1978 | 10 | — | #5,963 | — |
| 1977 | 7 | — | #7,572 | — |
| 1976 | 12 | — | #4,906 | — |
| 1974 | 18 | — | #4,725 | #4,642 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | #6,669 | — |
| 1969 | 8 | — | #5,462 | — |
| 1967 | 5 | — | #6,810 | — |
| 1965 | 5 | — | #6,545 | — |
| 1964 | 5 | — | #6,774 | — |
| 1962 | 5 | — | — | #4,039 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | #5,701 | — |
| 1958 | 5 | — | — | #3,950 |
| 1955 | 7 | — | #4,743 | — |
| 1954 | 6 | — | #5,150 | — |
| 1952 | 5 | — | — | #3,740 |
| 1950 | 12 | — | #4,321 | #3,690 |
| 1949 | 5 | — | #5,249 | — |
| 1948 | 14 | — | #2,703 | — |
| 1947 | 9 | — | #3,706 | — |
| 1946 | 8 | — | #3,665 | — |
| 1945 | 12 | — | #4,027 | #2,996 |
| 1944 | 10 | — | #2,946 | — |
| 1943 | 14 | — | #3,496 | #3,235 |
| 1942 | 19 | — | #2,537 | #3,218 |
| 1941 | 14 | — | #3,030 | #3,507 |
| 1940 | 23 | — | #2,298 | #2,323 |
| 1939 | 21 | — | #2,206 | #2,833 |
| 1938 | 24 | — | #2,226 | #2,327 |
| 1937 | 25 | — | #1,784 | #3,178 |
| 1936 | 31 | — | #1,507 | #2,857 |
| 1935 | 19 | — | #1,779 | — |
| 1934 | 27 | — | #1,603 | #3,685 |
| 1933 | 37 | — | #1,400 | #2,369 |
| 1932 | 20 | — | #2,130 | #3,781 |
| 1931 | 25 | — | #1,502 | — |
| 1930 | 40 | — | #1,289 | #3,598 |
| 1929 | 46 | — | #1,244 | #2,589 |
| 1928 | 45 | — | #1,589 | #1,761 |
| 1927 | 49 | — | #1,362 | #2,196 |
| 1926 | 59 | — | #1,166 | #1,982 |
| 1925 | 70 | — | #1,008 | #2,092 |
| 1924 | 69 | — | #1,017 | #2,474 |
| 1923 | 71 | — | #1,015 | #2,023 |
| 1922 | 62 | — | #1,124 | #2,041 |
| 1921 | 87 | — | #907 | #1,767 |
| 1920 | 76 | — | #989 | #1,694 |
| 1919 | 91 | — | #829 | #1,752 |
| 1918 | 69 | — | #1,032 | #1,712 |
| 1917 | 98 | — | #784 | #1,645 |
| 1916 | 80 | — | #824 | #2,153 |
| 1915 | 69 | — | #944 | #1,553 |
| 1914 | 60 | — | #855 | #1,775 |
| 1913 | 45 | — | #882 | #1,946 |
| 1912 | 27 | — | #979 | — |
| 1911 | 22 | — | #932 | — |
| 1910 | 20 | — | #1,207 | #1,422 |
| 1909 | 14 | — | #1,104 | — |
| 1908 | 15 | — | #1,044 | — |
| 1907 | 16 | — | #946 | — |
| 1906 | 8 | — | #1,417 | — |
| 1905 | 8 | — | #1,420 | — |
| 1904 | 6 | — | #1,659 | — |
| 1902 | 10 | — | #1,134 | — |
| 1901 | 9 | — | #1,137 | — |
| 1900 | 5 | — | #1,933 | — |
| 1899 | 7 | — | #1,279 | — |
| 1898 | 5 | — | #1,701 | — |
| 1895 | 6 | — | #1,428 | — |