Lofton is a rare boys' name that peaked in 2019 and has grown less common since.
Lofton is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #7,480 for boy births in the United States (and #15,686 across all names), given to 11 babies. Lofton was first reported in SSA data in 1886 and peaked in 2018 (20 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,480 |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | — | #7,092 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,430 |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | — | #7,073 |
| 2021 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,467 |
| 2020 | 12 | 12 | #16,542 | #10,187 |
| 2019 | 20 | 20 | #17,023 | #5,994 |
| 2018 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,859 |
| 2017 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,215 |
| 2016 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,979 |
| 2015 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,923 |
| 2014 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,902 |
| 2013 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,094 |
| 2012 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,352 |
| 2011 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,858 |
| 2010 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,387 |
| 2009 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,670 |
| 2008 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,737 |
| 2007 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,951 |
| 2006 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,788 |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,591 |
| 2004 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,398 |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,028 |
| 2002 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,160 |
| 2001 | 7 | 7 | — | #8,866 |
| 2000 | 6 | 6 | — | #9,839 |
| 1999 | 6 | 6 | — | #9,437 |
| 1997 | 9 | — | — | #6,411 |
| 1995 | 5 | — | — | #9,737 |
| 1994 | 6 | — | — | #8,385 |
| 1991 | 6 | — | — | #7,858 |
| 1989 | 5 | — | — | #8,713 |
| 1985 | 5 | — | — | #7,157 |
| 1971 | 6 | — | — | #4,713 |
| 1963 | 5 | — | — | #4,398 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | — | #4,332 |
| 1958 | 6 | — | — | #3,770 |
| 1957 | 9 | — | — | #2,935 |
| 1956 | 7 | — | — | #3,402 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | — | #3,729 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | — | #4,149 |
| 1953 | 9 | — | — | #2,828 |
| 1952 | 10 | — | — | #2,618 |
| 1949 | 9 | — | — | #2,727 |
| 1948 | 5 | — | — | #3,981 |
| 1947 | 9 | — | — | #2,786 |
| 1945 | 5 | — | — | #3,584 |
| 1944 | 8 | — | — | #2,768 |
| 1943 | 7 | — | — | #3,117 |
| 1942 | 8 | — | — | #2,842 |
| 1941 | 5 | — | — | #3,810 |
| 1938 | 6 | — | — | #3,385 |
| 1937 | 7 | — | — | #3,068 |
| 1935 | 7 | — | — | #3,138 |
| 1934 | 6 | — | — | #3,524 |
| 1933 | 10 | — | — | #2,465 |
| 1931 | 5 | — | — | #4,102 |
| 1930 | 5 | — | — | #4,326 |
| 1929 | 8 | — | — | #3,139 |
| 1928 | 17 | — | — | #1,942 |
| 1927 | 10 | — | — | #2,830 |
| 1926 | 8 | — | — | #3,283 |
| 1925 | 12 | — | — | #2,531 |
| 1924 | 10 | — | — | #2,941 |
| 1923 | 9 | — | — | #3,083 |
| 1922 | 10 | — | — | #2,924 |
| 1921 | 12 | — | — | #2,573 |
| 1920 | 7 | — | — | #3,686 |
| 1919 | 12 | — | — | #2,452 |
| 1918 | 11 | — | — | #2,635 |
| 1917 | 10 | — | — | #2,651 |
| 1916 | 8 | — | — | #3,073 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | — | #3,254 |
| 1914 | 9 | — | — | #2,376 |
| 1913 | 9 | — | — | #2,031 |
| 1897 | 5 | — | — | #1,164 |
| 1886 | 5 | — | — | #1,050 |