Fun Facts About the Name Lofton
- 695 babies named Lofton: U.S. records list 695 babies given the name Lofton from 1880 through 2025. Even 10 girls received the name Lofton - about 1 girl for every 69 boys.
What Does the Name Lofton Mean?
Lofton is an English surname, and it is usually explained as a habitational name - a name taken from a place. Its second element is Old English tūn, meaning "enclosure, farmstead, or village," one of the most common building blocks in English place names. The first element is generally identified as Old English loft, related to Old Norse lopt, meaning "air, sky," or "an upper room, a loft." Read literally, the name would describe a farmstead or small settlement marked by a building with an upper story, roughly "settlement with a loft."
The specific place or places behind the surname are not firmly documented, so the meaning rests mainly on the place-name elements rather than on a surviving village that can be pointed to with confidence. Loftin is a related spelling used by some families; similar-looking names should not be assumed to share this origin.
Lofton Name History & Origins
As a family name, Lofton belongs to the large group of English surnames that grew out of place names in the Middle Ages. A person who moved away from a place known as Lofton, or from a farmstead described that way, could be recorded as "of Lofton," and that label could harden over time into an inherited surname. Habitational names of this kind are common throughout England.
In the United States, Lofton is also used as a given name, following the wide American practice of turning surnames into first names. In that role it is uncommon, and the name is more familiar as a family name. Its use as a first name is therefore a later, secondary development rather than an old independent personal name.
How Popular is the Name Lofton?
Lofton has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2018. Its best rank was #1,050 in 1886.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | #16,531 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #17,011 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,480 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2024 | #7,065 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2023 | #9,420 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2022 | #7,071 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2021 | #5,467 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2020 | #10,183 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2019 | #5,992 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2018 | #4,857 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2017 | #6,215 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2016 | #6,977 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2015 | #6,921 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2014 | #6,898 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2013 | #5,092 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2012 | #7,352 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2011 | #7,857 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2010 | #5,387 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2009 | #6,668 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2008 | #8,737 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 2007 | #7,951 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2006 | #7,788 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2005 | #12,591 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2004 | #5,398 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2003 | #12,028 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #10,160 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #8,865 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2000 | #9,839 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #9,435 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #6,411 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #9,737 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #8,384 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #7,859 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #8,713 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1985 | #7,158 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1971 | #4,713 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1963 | #4,399 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1959 | #4,333 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1958 | #3,769 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1957 | #2,935 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1956 | #3,401 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1955 | #3,729 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1954 | #4,149 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1953 | #2,828 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1952 | #2,617 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1949 | #2,727 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1948 | #3,981 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1947 | #2,786 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1945 | #3,584 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1944 | #2,768 | 8 | 0.0006% |
| 1943 | #3,117 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1942 | #2,842 | 8 | 0.0006% |
| 1941 | #3,810 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1938 | #3,386 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1937 | #3,068 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1935 | #3,138 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1934 | #3,524 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1933 | #2,465 | 10 | 0.0010% |
| 1931 | #4,102 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1930 | #4,326 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1929 | #3,139 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1928 | #1,942 | 17 | 0.0015% |
| 1927 | #2,830 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1926 | #3,283 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1925 | #2,531 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1924 | #2,941 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1923 | #3,083 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1922 | #2,924 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1921 | #2,573 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1920 | #3,686 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1919 | #2,452 | 12 | 0.0012% |
| 1918 | #2,635 | 11 | 0.0011% |
| 1917 | #2,651 | 10 | 0.0011% |
| 1916 | #3,073 | 8 | 0.0009% |
| 1915 | #3,254 | 7 | 0.0008% |
| 1914 | #2,376 | 9 | 0.0014% |
| 1913 | #2,031 | 9 | 0.0018% |
| 1897 | #1,164 | 5 | 0.0044% |
| 1886 | #1,050 | 5 | 0.0045% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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