Afton
A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning from the Afton river.
Babies a year
96
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Afton by the numbers
Afton was given to 96 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 186 babies in 1983, making it a 1980s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Afton. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a river
Like Afton, each of these has a river in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Islaisland; from the river Islay1,959 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kendallvalley of the river Kent1,634 in the US (2017)
- Sabrinafrom the River Severn; Romano-British origin732 in the US (2017)
- Loreleimurmuring rock; a Rhine river siren680 in the US (2017)
- Monroemouth of the Roe river; a surname as given name559 in the US (2017)
- Guadaluperiver of the wolf439 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Afton
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