Afton
Girl · AF-tun · Scottish
Afton is a girls' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,516th for girls in the US (43 babies).
What does Afton mean?
Scottish: from Afton Water, a river in Ayrshire; root uncertain
Afton Water is the Ayrshire river in Robert Burns's poem 'Sweet Afton', which begins 'Flow gently, sweet Afton'.
- Say it
- AF-tun
Is Afton a girl's or a boy's name?
Afton is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 43 girls and 9 boys in the US.
How popular is Afton in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 5 girls.
Afton in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | #7,391 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 2 | #7,494 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 2 | #7,640 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 2 | #7,309 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 2 | #6,613 |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 2 | #5,287 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
How popular is Afton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,516among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 43about 1 in 37,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 43 girls in the US were named Afton, making it the 3,516th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,115th. Its busiest year was 1983, with 186 girls. It first appears in the records in 1895. 9 boys were also named Afton in 2025 (8,239th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Afton in the US since 1880 were born between 1944 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 48 girls in the US were given Afton or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,626, up from #3,516 for this spelling alone.
- Afton 43
- Aftyn 5
In 2025, 83% of the babies named Afton in the US were girls.
Afton in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #3,516 |
| 2024 | 42 | #3,639 |
| 2023 | 49 | #3,274 |
| 2022 | 54 | #3,033 |
| 2021 | 64 | #2,674 |
| 2020 | 86 | #2,115 |
| 2019 | 88 | #2,128 |
| 2018 | 90 | #2,113 |
| 2017 | 84 | #2,236 |
| 2016 | 85 | #2,247 |
| 2015 | 96 | #2,039 |
| 2014 | 100 | #1,982 |
| 2013 | 112 | #1,814 |
| 2012 | 92 | #2,078 |
| 2011 | 82 | #2,274 |
| 2010 | 92 | #2,136 |
| 2009 | 82 | #2,358 |
| 2008 | 107 | #1,966 |
| 2007 | 74 | #2,509 |
| 2006 | 69 | #2,602 |
| 2005 | 84 | #2,179 |
| 2004 | 64 | #2,586 |
| 2003 | 65 | #2,494 |
| 2002 | 59 | #2,602 |
| 2001 | 61 | #2,508 |
| 2000 | 54 | #2,704 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,932 |
| 1998 | 43 | #2,970 |
| 1997 | 50 | #2,553 |
| 1996 | 42 | #2,845 |
| 1995 | 48 | #2,583 |
| 1994 | 53 | #2,407 |
| 1993 | 63 | #2,122 |
| 1992 | 63 | #2,123 |
| 1991 | 74 | #1,888 |
| 1990 | 99 | #1,539 |
| 1989 | 123 | #1,274 |
| 1988 | 101 | #1,391 |
| 1987 | 124 | #1,179 |
| 1986 | 141 | #1,065 |
| 1985 | 136 | #1,074 |
| 1984 | 127 | #1,091 |
| 1983 | 186 | #823 |
| 1982 | 180 | #858 |
| 1981 | 76 | #1,559 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,739 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,700 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,704 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,664 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,945 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,492 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,536 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,028 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,296 |
| 1939 | 14 | #2,206 |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,225 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,784 |
| 1936 | 24 | #1,507 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,779 |
| 1934 | 22 | #1,603 |
| 1933 | 27 | #1,400 |
| 1932 | 15 | #2,129 |
| 1931 | 25 | #1,501 |
| 1930 | 34 | #1,289 |
| 1929 | 36 | #1,243 |
| 1928 | 26 | #1,588 |
| 1927 | 35 | #1,361 |
| 1926 | 43 | #1,166 |
| 1925 | 55 | #1,008 |
| 1924 | 57 | #1,017 |
| 1923 | 55 | #1,015 |
| 1922 | 46 | #1,124 |
| 1921 | 67 | #905 |
| 1920 | 55 | #989 |
| 1919 | 72 | #828 |
| 1918 | 49 | #1,031 |
| 1917 | 78 | #784 |
| 1916 | 67 | #824 |
| 1915 | 49 | #944 |
| 1914 | 47 | #855 |
| 1913 | 36 | #881 |
| 1912 | 27 | #978 |
| 1911 | 22 | #932 |
| 1910 | 14 | #1,207 |
| 1909 | 14 | #1,104 |
| 1908 | 15 | #1,044 |
| 1907 | 16 | #945 |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,416 |
| 1905 | 8 | #1,419 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,658 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 10 | #1,133 |
| 1901 | 9 | #1,136 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,931 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,277 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,699 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,426 |
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