Compton

Boys' name

Valley + town

Compton has been given to 81 babies in the U.S. since 1915. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1992, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Compton, 2024

1 in 557,000

Compton over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Compton: meaning, origin, and history

Valley + town

surname transfer

What Compton means

Compton means “valley + town”, associated with combe and -ton.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Old English Cumbtūn. Equivalent to combe (“valley”) + -ton (“town”).

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Origin, language, and formation

Compton is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Compton comes through Old English Cumbtūn.

Compton is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Compton is pronounced /ˈkɒmp.tən/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 81 boys were recorded with the name Compton between 1915 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1992; its best national rank was #3,470 in 1925.

How common is Compton?

Compton had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024: 1 in 557,000; 6 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only: 1 in 287,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 386,177 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Compton sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 386,177 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Compton. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Comptons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Compton was born before 2008 — so the typical Compton is around 17 today.

Median birth year: 2008; About 17 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 23.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 50.6%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 54; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 23.5% of all recorded uses (19).

Is Compton rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1992 (8)
Years since peak: 33; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 19.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,470; 1925

Spellings of Compton

Compton is not the most common spelling — Colton is, with 94.1% against Compton's 0.05%.

Colton94.1%151,965
Hampton3.0%4,780
Coleton1.9%2,992
Colston0.77%1,247
Cotton0.31%507
Compton0.05%81

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Compton by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,470; 1925
Peak year: 1992; 8 that year
First recorded: 1915
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 81
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Compton

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Bryxton Daxston Hayston Kholton Jaxxton Whitton Dashton Kayston Draxton Knoxton Baxton Buxton Kinston Thaxton Kampton Traxton Grayton Kenston Coston Huckston Brigston Ruxton Campton Staton

Sibling names for Compton

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Shelbi Shelbie Ilana Danyelle Kelsea Ivonne Maira Stormy

For a brother

Malcom Edgardo Arnulfo Dillan Devante Shay Rosendo Dimitri

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