Lofton
- Last seen for girls in 2020 at #15,088
- #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
- Given to boys 98.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1886 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 685since 1886
Lofton over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Lofton has never cracked the top 900 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #7,194 | 11 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,832 | 12 | |
| 2023 | — | #8,921 | 8 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,828 | 12 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,338 | 17 | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #5,813 | 15 |
| 2018 | — | #4,739 | 20 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,060 | 14 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,726 | 12 | |
| 2015 | — | #6,676 | 12 | |
| 2014 | — | #6,632 | 12 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,981 | 18 | |
| 2012 | — | #7,050 | 11 | |
| 2011 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,251 | 17 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,436 | 13 | |
| 2008 | — | #8,324 | 9 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,590 | 10 | |
| 2006 | — | #7,427 | 10 | |
| 2005 | — | #11,472 | 5 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,246 | 15 | |
| 2003 | — | #10,894 | 5 | |
| 2002 | — | #9,392 | 6 | |
| 2001 | — | #8,339 | 7 | |
| 2000 | — | #9,112 | 6 | |
| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | #6,100 | 9 | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | #8,868 | 5 | |
| 1994 | — | #7,770 | 6 | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #7,271 | 6 | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
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| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | #6,523 | 5 | |
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| 1971 | — | #4,375 | 6 | |
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| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | #4,048 | 5 | |
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | #3,988 | 5 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,822 | 9 | |
| 1956 | — | #3,216 | 7 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,505 | 6 | |
| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,709 | 9 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,514 | 10 | |
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | #2,606 | 9 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,668 | 5 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,671 | 9 | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | #3,338 | 5 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,633 | 8 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,964 | 7 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,712 | 8 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,505 | 5 | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,905 | 7 | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #2,951 | 7 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,368 | 10 | |
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
| 1930 | — | #4,001 | 5 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,980 | 8 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,902 | 17 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,703 | 10 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,139 | 8 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,435 | 12 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,822 | 10 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,950 | 9 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,801 | 10 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,502 | 12 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,489 | 7 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,385 | 12 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,543 | 11 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,562 | 10 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,926 | 8 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,082 | 7 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,271 | 9 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,945 | 9 | |
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| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
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| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1886
The first year at least five boys were named Lofton! It came in at #959, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1912, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Lofton is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Lofton in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Lofton
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 362 spots since 2024 (#6,832 → #7,194)
- 2,360 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #7,194)
- 518 spots since 2015 (#6,676 → #7,194)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1886 at #959 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1886
Share of babies · boys
1 in 22,157
- Highest: 1 in 22,157 boys born in 1886 were named Lofton (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 20.6% of all boys named Lofton (141) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #959 (1886) | #959 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,057 (1897) | #1,057 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 66 | #1,945 (1913) | #2,531 |
| 1920s | 103 | #1,902 (1928) | #2,772 |
| 1930s | 46 | #2,368 (1933) | #3,206 |
| 1940s | 56 | #2,606 (1949) | #3,012 |
| 1950s | 57 | #2,514 (1952) | #3,268 |
| 1960s | 5 | #4,048 (1963) | #4,048 |
| 1970s | 6 | #4,375 (1971) | #4,375 |
| 1980s | 10 | #6,523 (1985) | #7,214 |
| 1990s | 32 | #6,100 (1997) | #7,743 |
| 2000s | 86 | #5,246 (2004) | #8,423 |
| 2010s | 141 | #4,739 (2018) | #6,143 |
| 2020s | 67 | #5,338 (2021) | #7,445 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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