Given name & surname
Acton
“from the town of oak trees”
Acton is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the town of oak trees.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the town of oak trees.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2018. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Acton through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,617 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Acton’s family of names
In English usage, Acton as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with AUGHTON. Acton has a related form in Actun. Acton has a related form in Akton.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Acton
- Acton BjørnDanish architect and designer (1910–1992)
- Acton Smee AyrtonBritish barrister and Liberal Party politician (1816–1886)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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