Alton
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AWL-tun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #1,602 for boys
Alton is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,602nd for boys in the US (106 babies).
What does Alton mean?
English: English place name and surname
From an English surname taken from several places called Alton, such as the Hampshire market town.
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Is Alton a girl's or a boy's name?
Alton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 106 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alton in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 7 boys.
Alton in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
How popular is Alton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,602among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 106about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 106 boys in the US were named Alton, making it the 1,602nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,694th. Its busiest year was 1937, with 836 boys.
Half of all the boys named Alton in the US since 1880 were born between 1928 and 1965, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 106 | #1,602 |
| 2024 | 110 | #1,573 |
| 2023 | 101 | #1,681 |
| 2022 | 86 | #1,852 |
| 2021 | 137 | #1,349 |
| 2020 | 92 | #1,694 |
| 2019 | 134 | #1,340 |
| 2018 | 132 | #1,352 |
| 2017 | 133 | #1,341 |
| 2016 | 148 | #1,248 |
| 2015 | 147 | #1,239 |
| 2014 | 162 | #1,163 |
| 2013 | 152 | #1,180 |
| 2012 | 166 | #1,111 |
| 2011 | 131 | #1,305 |
| 2010 | 122 | #1,376 |
| 2009 | 150 | #1,202 |
| 2008 | 162 | #1,129 |
| 2007 | 165 | #1,102 |
| 2006 | 148 | #1,144 |
| 2005 | 135 | #1,181 |
| 2004 | 147 | #1,079 |
| 2003 | 156 | #1,011 |
| 2002 | 156 | #997 |
| 2001 | 111 | #1,206 |
| 2000 | 136 | #1,051 |
| 1999 | 128 | #1,061 |
| 1998 | 165 | #877 |
| 1997 | 147 | #920 |
| 1996 | 136 | #947 |
| 1995 | 152 | #884 |
| 1994 | 161 | #841 |
| 1993 | 181 | #783 |
| 1992 | 183 | #768 |
| 1991 | 221 | #678 |
| 1990 | 210 | #701 |
| 1989 | 194 | #703 |
| 1988 | 242 | #604 |
| 1987 | 191 | #660 |
| 1986 | 189 | #648 |
| 1985 | 207 | #607 |
| 1984 | 195 | #608 |
| 1983 | 238 | #544 |
| 1982 | 264 | #526 |
| 1981 | 240 | #545 |
| 1980 | 251 | #539 |
| 1979 | 244 | #546 |
| 1978 | 234 | #540 |
| 1977 | 273 | #491 |
| 1976 | 264 | #489 |
| 1975 | 241 | #515 |
| 1974 | 276 | #478 |
| 1973 | 322 | #435 |
| 1972 | 293 | #458 |
| 1971 | 363 | #424 |
| 1970 | 345 | #440 |
| 1969 | 353 | #420 |
| 1968 | 380 | #401 |
| 1967 | 403 | #372 |
| 1966 | 371 | #390 |
| 1965 | 402 | #389 |
| 1964 | 461 | #362 |
| 1963 | 460 | #368 |
| 1962 | 476 | #367 |
| 1961 | 542 | #336 |
| 1960 | 528 | #338 |
| 1959 | 541 | #333 |
| 1958 | 571 | #322 |
| 1957 | 565 | #324 |
| 1956 | 601 | #304 |
| 1955 | 613 | #288 |
| 1954 | 595 | #292 |
| 1953 | 604 | #287 |
| 1952 | 614 | #278 |
| 1951 | 650 | #264 |
| 1950 | 635 | #259 |
| 1949 | 601 | #269 |
| 1948 | 695 | #245 |
| 1947 | 659 | #260 |
| 1946 | 610 | #253 |
| 1945 | 553 | #241 |
| 1944 | 643 | #216 |
| 1943 | 659 | #223 |
| 1942 | 625 | #227 |
| 1941 | 636 | #211 |
| 1940 | 692 | #194 |
| 1939 | 680 | #192 |
| 1938 | 765 | #185 |
| 1937 | 836 | #173 |
| 1936 | 674 | #189 |
| 1935 | 699 | #188 |
| 1934 | 713 | #184 |
| 1933 | 669 | #184 |
| 1932 | 717 | #184 |
| 1931 | 706 | #186 |
| 1930 | 756 | #183 |
| 1929 | 716 | #191 |
| 1928 | 816 | #176 |
| 1927 | 759 | #191 |
| 1926 | 778 | #183 |
| 1925 | 708 | #197 |
| 1924 | 678 | #205 |
| 1923 | 676 | #200 |
| 1922 | 741 | #187 |
| 1921 | 688 | #200 |
| 1920 | 683 | #197 |
| 1919 | 630 | #199 |
| 1918 | 642 | #200 |
| 1917 | 604 | #195 |
| 1916 | 604 | #190 |
| 1915 | 568 | #195 |
| 1914 | 419 | #198 |
| 1913 | 372 | #183 |
| 1912 | 300 | #192 |
| 1911 | 156 | #194 |
| 1910 | 122 | #210 |
| 1909 | 101 | #212 |
| 1908 | 119 | #180 |
| 1907 | 120 | #180 |
| 1906 | 106 | #171 |
| 1905 | 164 | #135 |
| 1904 | 302 | #78 |
| 1903 | 84 | #190 |
| 1902 | 37 | #317 |
| 1901 | 26 | #359 |
| 1900 | 43 | #325 |
| 1899 | 33 | #306 |
| 1898 | 27 | #377 |
| 1897 | 34 | #316 |
| 1896 | 31 | #338 |
| 1895 | 26 | #368 |
| 1894 | 28 | #336 |
| 1893 | 24 | #368 |
| 1892 | 32 | #329 |
| 1891 | 20 | #386 |
| 1890 | 21 | #389 |
| 1889 | 26 | #348 |
| 1888 | 18 | #442 |
| 1887 | 15 | #438 |
| 1886 | 16 | #451 |
| 1885 | 29 | #312 |
| 1884 | 16 | #468 |
| 1883 | 28 | #309 |
| 1882 | 18 | #426 |
| 1881 | 11 | #533 |
| 1880 | 14 | #482 |
Nicknames for Alton
- Al 19 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Alton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Stanley Arthur Archie Chester Albert Leon Alfred Freddie Harry William Frederick Thomas
Names related to Alton
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alton, updated 20 October 2026.