Lofton
Boy · LAWF-tun · English
Lofton is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
Where does Lofton come from?
English: English surname, perhaps from Old Norse loft, upper floor
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Is Lofton a girl's or a boy's name?
Lofton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lofton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Lofton, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1886.
Half of all the boys named Lofton in the US since 1880 were born between 1929 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lofton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1952 | 10 | #2,512 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,605 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,670 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,367 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 17 | #1,902 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,434 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,821 |
| 1923 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1922 | 10 | #2,800 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,501 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,542 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,561 |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,925 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,270 |
| 1913 | 9 | #1,944 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 5 | #959 |
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