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How popular is the name Altan?
Births per year, rank history and how many Altans are alive today.
Altan (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Alton in England and Wales, ranked 4271st in 2024 and given to 4 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2004, when 4 babies were given the name, the 3009th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2015, with 4 babies given the name that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Alton you are most likely to meet is around 7 years old. Half of all Altons born in England and Wales are between 7 and 24, and there are at least 100 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Alton - on average, only one in every 3,030 such rooms contains a Alton.
How many babies are named Altan each year?
Includes all spellings: Altan, Alton. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Altan spelling rank?
Where does the Alton spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Altan most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Alton, peaked in 2019, when 10 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Altan spelling itself peaked in 2004, with 4 babies.
How many people are called Altan?
At least 100 people named Altan in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Altan?
Most living Altans are between 7 and 24; the most common age is about 7.
Is Altan becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.