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Hampton

#1,444 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

From Old English Hāmtūn; literal meaning unconfirmed

Hampton has been given to 5,039 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #1,444 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 124 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 95% boys, 5% girls all-time.

Babies named Hampton, 2025

1 in 26,700

Hampton over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Hampton over time

In 2025, Hampton went to 23% girls and 77% boys.

18802025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Hampton: meaning, origin, and history

From Old English Hāmtūn; literal meaning unconfirmed

surname transfer

What Hampton means

Hampton is a given name.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Variously from: * Old English Hāmtūn, from hām and tūn (equivalent to home + town); * Old English hēantūn, from hēah and tūn (equivalent to high + town).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Hampton (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Origin, language, and formation

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

Hampton comes through Old English Hāmtūn and Old English hēantūn.

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

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Hampton is pronounced /ˈhæmp.tən/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,780 boys were recorded with the name Hampton between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 124 in 2025; its best national rank was #505 in 1891.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,698 in 2020 to #1,444 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,920 in 2015 to #1,444 in 2025.

In the United States, 259 girls were recorded with the name Hampton between 1998 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 38 in 2025; its best national rank was #3,858 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #9,155 in 2020 to #3,858 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #8,152 in 2015 to #3,858 in 2025.

How common is Hampton?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 26,700
124 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 13,800
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,444
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
18,533 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Hampton 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 2025 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 5002%

Put another way: gather 18,533 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Hampton. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Hamptons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Hampton was born before 1979 — so the typical Hampton is around 46 today.

Median birth year
1979
About 46 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
15.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
38.8%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
3,013
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 15.9% of all recorded uses (759).

Is Hampton 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
+78
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+254
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+476
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.63×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (124)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
12.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#505
1891

Spellings of Hampton

Hampton is not the most common spelling — Hamilton is, with 38.7% against Hampton's 28.4%.

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.

Where Hampton is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Hampton was most concentrated in South Carolina — about 1 in 909 boys, against 1 in 7,792 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).

1110 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1South Carolina1 in 909
  2. 2Alabama1 in 2,326
  3. 3Georgia1 in 4,348
  4. 4North Carolina1 in 5,000
  5. 5Mississippi1 in 11,111
  6. 6Tennessee1 in 20,000
  7. 7Missouri1 in 25,000
  8. 8Texas1 in 25,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Hampton is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Hampton was most concentrated in Tennessee — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,209,077 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Tennessee1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Hampton has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Hampton around the world

Where Hampton ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2018–2018
    #4,749
    in 2018
  • South Australia
    1963–1963
    #563
    in 1963

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Hampton

People whose public names include Hampton, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Hampton by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,444
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 254
Best rank ever
#505
1891
Peak year
2025
124 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,780
Count in 2025
124

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,858
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 5,297
Best rank ever
#3,858
2025
Peak year
2025
38 that year
First recorded
1998
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
259
Count in 2025
38

Names similar to Hampton

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

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Names with a curve like Hampton

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Hampton, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Hampton

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

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