Boy
Alton
As a boy's name, Alton traces back to Old English, where it is understood to mean "Old English place name". It is not as common as it was in the 1920s, though it has not disappeared. Today, it is comfortably in the mainstream in the registry. Its single strongest year on record was 1937.
Old EnglishOld English place name
Etymology"Old town"
Births by decade
1900s
1,114
1910s
4,491
1920s
7,338
1930s
7,283
1940s
6,409
1950s
6,017
1960s
4,410
1970s
2,861
1980s
2,226
1990s
1,684
2000s
1,463
2010s
1,157
Peaked in the 1920s · 46,453 total U.S. births since 1900