Meaning not yet researched.
Alton: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 106 in 2025. Its best rank was #78 in 1904.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #78 in 1904; #1,602 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Alton in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,602 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1904, at #78.
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Alton: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 106 boys in 2025. Peak: #78 in 1904 · most boys in one year: 836 (1937).
In 2025, 106 US boys were named Alton, making it the 1,602nd most common boys’ name of the year, down 28 places from #1,574 in 2024. That is 4 fewer than the 110 boys named Alton in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #78, reached in 1904. The most boys given the name in a single year was 836, in 1937. For comparison, it was #1,239 in 2015 and #259 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Alton in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 14 babies with the name. In all, 47,832 US babies have been given the name, 0.8% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 7,338 babies named Alton.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,179 US boys were named Alton; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 148. In 2025 that was about 1 in 16,114 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Alton ranked highest in Indiana in 2025, at #852 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Altin, Altan and Aulton are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Altin (149), Altan (145), Aulton (106), Ailton (62), Alten (10).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Alton in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 46 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | 6 | #852 | — |
| North Carolina | 9 | #876 | #1,123 |
| Florida | 6 | #1,634 | #1,032 |
| Texas | 10 | #1,655 | #942 |
| California | 7 | #2,006 | #1,637 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 106 | #1,602 |
| 2024 | — | — | 110 | #1,574 |
| 2023 | — | — | 101 | #1,681 |
| 2022 | — | — | 86 | #1,853 |
| 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 | #1,203 |
| 2008 | — | — | 162 | #1,129 |
| 2007 | — | — | 165 | #1,102 |
| 2006 | — | — | 148 | #1,144 |
| 2005 | — | — | 135 | #1,183 |
| 2004 | — | — | 147 | #1,080 |
| 2003 | — | — | 156 | #1,012 |
| 2002 | — | — | 156 | #998 |
| 2001 | — | — | 111 | #1,208 |
| 2000 | — | — | 136 | #1,053 |
| 1999 | — | — | 128 | #1,063 |
| 1998 | — | — | 165 | #878 |
| 1997 | — | — | 147 | #922 |
| 1996 | — | — | 136 | #950 |
| 1995 | — | — | 152 | #887 |
| 1994 | — | — | 161 | #845 |
| 1993 | — | — | 181 | #785 |
| 1992 | — | — | 183 | #770 |
| 1991 | — | — | 221 | #682 |
| 1990 | — | — | 210 | #704 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,430 | 194 | #706 |
| 1988 | — | — | 242 | #604 |
| 1987 | — | — | 191 | #660 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,964 | 189 | #648 |
| 1985 | — | — | 207 | #607 |
| 1984 | — | — | 195 | #608 |
| 1983 | — | — | 238 | #544 |
| 1982 | — | — | 264 | #526 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,469 | 240 | #545 |
| 1980 | — | — | 251 | #539 |
| 1979 | — | — | 244 | #546 |
| 1978 | — | — | 234 | #540 |
| 1977 | — | — | 273 | #491 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,324 | 264 | #489 |
| 1975 | — | — | 241 | #515 |
| 1974 | — | — | 276 | #478 |
| 1973 | — | — | 322 | #435 |
| 1972 | — | — | 293 | #458 |
| 1971 | — | — | 363 | #424 |
| 1970 | — | — | 345 | #440 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,498 | 353 | #420 |
| 1968 | — | — | 380 | #401 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,464 | 403 | #372 |
| 1966 | — | — | 371 | #390 |
| 1965 | — | — | 402 | #389 |
| 1964 | — | — | 461 | #362 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,904 | 460 | #368 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,593 | 476 | #367 |
| 1961 | — | — | 542 | #336 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,441 | 528 | #338 |
| 1959 | — | — | 541 | #333 |
| 1958 | — | — | 571 | #322 |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,926 | 565 | #324 |
| 1956 | — | — | 601 | #304 |
| 1955 | — | — | 613 | #288 |
| 1954 | — | — | 595 | #292 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,052 | 604 | #287 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,490 | 614 | #278 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,484 | 650 | #264 |
| 1950 | — | — | 635 | #259 |
| 1949 | — | — | 601 | #269 |
| 1948 | — | — | 695 | #245 |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,353 | 659 | #260 |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,975 | 610 | #253 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,394 | 553 | #241 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,590 | 643 | #216 |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,710 | 659 | #223 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,130 | 625 | #227 |
| 1941 | — | — | 636 | #211 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,373 | 692 | #194 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,264 | 680 | #192 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,358 | 765 | #185 |
| 1937 | — | — | 836 | #173 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,388 | 674 | #189 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,580 | 699 | #188 |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,166 | 713 | #184 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,415 | 669 | #184 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,435 | 717 | #184 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,583 | 706 | #186 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,854 | 756 | #183 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,400 | 716 | #191 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,386 | 816 | #176 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,706 | 759 | #191 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,323 | 778 | #183 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,366 | 708 | #197 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,104 | 678 | #205 |
| 1923 | — | — | 676 | #200 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,617 | 741 | #187 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,768 | 688 | #200 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,266 | 683 | #197 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,225 | 630 | #199 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,032 | 642 | #200 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,105 | 604 | #195 |
| 1916 | 9 | #3,045 | 604 | #190 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,540 | 568 | #195 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,890 | 419 | #198 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,337 | 372 | #183 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,644 | 300 | #192 |
| 1911 | — | — | 156 | #194 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,417 | 122 | #211 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,968 | 101 | #212 |
| 1908 | — | — | 119 | #180 |
| 1907 | — | — | 120 | #180 |
| 1906 | — | — | 106 | #171 |
| 1905 | — | — | 164 | #135 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,663 | 302 | #78 |
| 1903 | — | — | 84 | #190 |
| 1902 | — | — | 37 | #317 |
| 1901 | — | — | 26 | #359 |
| 1900 | — | — | 43 | #325 |
| 1899 | — | — | 33 | #306 |
| 1898 | — | — | 27 | #378 |
| 1897 | — | — | 34 | #316 |
| 1896 | — | — | 31 | #339 |
| 1895 | — | — | 26 | #368 |
| 1894 | — | — | 28 | #336 |
| 1893 | — | — | 24 | #368 |
| 1892 | — | — | 32 | #329 |
| 1891 | — | — | 20 | #386 |
| 1890 | — | — | 21 | #389 |
| 1889 | — | — | 26 | #348 |
| 1888 | — | — | 18 | #444 |
| 1887 | — | — | 15 | #438 |
| 1886 | — | — | 16 | #454 |
| 1885 | — | — | 29 | #312 |
| 1884 | — | — | 16 | #468 |
| 1883 | — | — | 28 | #309 |
| 1882 | — | — | 18 | #427 |
| 1881 | — | — | 11 | #533 |
| 1880 | — | — | 14 | #484 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).