Lofton — #6823 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Lofton

The Social Security Administration has registered 674 babies named Lofton between 1886 and 2024, spanning 139 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lofton currently holds the #6823 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lofton performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 141 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Lofton shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lofton in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lofton in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 674 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.