Name meaning & stats
Alton
Alton. 27,138 US babies since 1940, peak 1940.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
Originally a surname.
In US birth records
Peak year: 1940
27,138 US babies were named Alton between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Alton (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Alton is the main spelling
- Alton 99%
- Altin 1%
- Altan 1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1940)