Lofton
#5,997 most common boys' name of all time · #14,922 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1886–2025
Rank among boys
#5,997
Rank overall
#14,922 of 105,966
First appeared
1886
Years on the list
77 of 146
All-time
695
Since 2016
138
Peak year
2018 #4,754
Best rank
#1,096 1886
Girls
Boys
peak 20/yr
Lofton first appears in 1886. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,210 |
| 2024 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,847 |
| 2023 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,953 |
| 2022 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,847 |
| 2021 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,348 |
| 2020 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #9,588 |
| 2019 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #5,822 |
| 2018 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,754 |
| 2017 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,068 |
| 2016 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,745 |
| 2015 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,691 |
| 2014 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,651 |
| 2013 | — | 18 | 18 | #4,991 |
| 2012 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,068 |
| 2011 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,529 |
| 2010 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,272 |
| 2009 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,449 |
| 2008 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,347 |
| 2007 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,611 |
| 2006 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,459 |
| 2005 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,524 |
| 2004 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,266 |
| 2003 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,958 |
| 2002 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,432 |
| 2001 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,391 |
| 2000 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,172 |
| 1999 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,748 |
| 1997 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,137 |
| 1995 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,936 |
| 1994 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,820 |
| 1991 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,331 |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,978 |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,599 |
| 1971 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,429 |
| 1963 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,119 |
| 1959 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,074 |
| 1958 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,627 |
| 1957 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,866 |
| 1956 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,282 |
| 1955 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,567 |
| 1954 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,897 |
| 1953 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,758 |
| 1952 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,560 |
| 1949 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,659 |
| 1948 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,753 |
| 1947 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,722 |
| 1945 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,421 |
| 1944 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,693 |
| 1943 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,007 |
| 1942 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,767 |
| 1941 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,580 |
| 1938 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,242 |
| 1937 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,970 |
| 1935 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,007 |
| 1934 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,350 |
| 1933 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,415 |
| 1931 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,829 |
| 1930 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,071 |
| 1929 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,044 |
| 1928 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,928 |
| 1927 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,746 |
| 1926 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,180 |
| 1925 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,469 |
| 1924 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,859 |
| 1923 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,989 |
| 1922 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,846 |
| 1921 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,532 |
| 1920 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,535 |
| 1919 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,416 |
| 1918 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,583 |
| 1917 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,604 |
| 1916 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,975 |
| 1915 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,137 |
| 1914 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,326 |
| 1913 | — | 9 | 9 | #1,998 |
| 1897 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,186 |
| 1886 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,096 |