Afton

Where Afton comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Afton.

Afton through the years
  1. 1895
    First appearance
    #1,426 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1917
    Peak, #784
    78 babies named Afton, its best rank.
  3. 1927
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,362.
  4. 1964
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  5. 1967
    Afton Smith born
    American actress
  6. 1984
    Afton Williamson born
    American actress
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Afton Williamson · American actress, born 1984
  • Afton Smith · American actress, born 1967

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.