Alton

Boy name

Alton has been given to 47,832 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1937.

Meaning & origin /ˈɔːltən/

From Old English ǣwell (“river source”) + tūn (“settlement, town”).

Origin: surnames

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

47,832

Peak year

1937 (836 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▼ -28%

Gender split

1% girls / 99% boys

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Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Alton.

47,056 babies since 1880

42,900 babies since 1880

41,677 babies since 1881

41,347 babies since 1880

54,330 babies since 1880

38,024 babies since 1895

30,652 babies since 1889

29,321 babies since 1880

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