Afton

Afton is a unisex given name: about 14% of people named Afton are men and 86% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleHigh

Male 14%Female 86%

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 14% male / 86% female
Confidence: High (64 or more weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States
US births since 1880: 754 male / 4,701 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Afton

To address Afton when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Afton," in English, "Guten Tag Afton," in German. About 14% of people named Afton are men and 86% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Afton,

German

Guten Tag Afton,

French

Bonjour Afton,

Spanish

Estimado/a Afton:

Chinese

Afton您好：

Japanese

Afton様

English

Hi Afton,

German

Hi Afton,

French

Salut Afton,

Spanish

Hola Afton,

Chinese

Afton你好：

Japanese

Aftonさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Afton by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	common	woman's name	14%

United States birth data

754 male · 4,701 female · 5,455 births recorded

Male 14%Female 86%

Since 1980: 10% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Afton a male or female name?

Afton is a unisex given name: about 14% of people named Afton are men and 86% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Afton in an email?

Is Afton a unisex name?

Afton is not a unisex name: 14% of people named Afton are men. Afton leans strongly female overall.

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Afton a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/afton (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

@misc{dearwho_afton,
  title  = {Is Afton a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/afton},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}