Given name & surname
Halton
“from the manor on the hill”
Halton is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the manor on the hill.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the manor on the hill.”
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 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Halton through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 158
- 158 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,148 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,148 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 128 as a first name in 2020; 1,219 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.
Halton’s family of names
Halton has a related form in Halston. Halton has a related form in Hallsten. Halton has a related form in Hallston.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Halstonvariant
- Halstenvariant
- Hallstonvariant
- Hallstenvariant
- Hallstunvariant
- Halstunvariant
- Halltenvariant
- Haltenvariant
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People named Halton
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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