Hamp

Last seen for boys in 1996 at #7,971

Peak · boys
1892 · 16 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,076
since 1880

Hamp over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Hamp has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #497, 1892boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1996#7,9716
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1973#5,1015
1972
1971#3,9637
1970
1969#2,86110
1968
1967#3,9665
1966#2,62710
1965
1964#3,6016
1963#3,6466
1962#3,0418
1961#3,3567
1960#3,0778
1959#3,2907
1958#2,8189
1957#2,63110
1956#2,62810
1955#2,7649
1954#3,4526
1953#2,39111
1952#2,6809
1951#2,24612
1950#1,61521
1949#2,33711
1948#1,70319
1947#1,85017
1946#2,40310
1945#1,85214
1944#1,89014
1943#1,76417
1942#2,9407
1941#1,63318
1940#3,1306
1939#2,05012
1938#2,6468
1937#1,75616
1936#1,96413
1935#2,24611
1934#1,86015
1933#1,31026
1932#2,46510
1931#2,10113
1930#2,07914
1929#2,00215
1928#3,0768
1927#2,12115
1926#1,56523
1925#1,74520
1924#1,96417
1923#1,55124
1922#2,04016
1921#2,26514
1920#1,41627
1919#1,69520
1918#1,49924
1917#1,64320
1916#1,37425
1915#1,45422
1914#1,49217
1913#1,67611
1912#1,41712
1911#1,11710
1910#85913
1909#75614
1908#1,0218
1907#69914
1906#1,1116
1905#8369
1904#1,0646
1903#1,0096
1902#68711
1901
1900#69913
1899#9286
1898#8048
1897#1,0575
1896#1,1015
1895#7389
1894#1,0745
1893#8367
1892#49716
1891#59710
1890#53313
1889#54912
1888#7558
1887#51612
1886#57811
1885#7657
1884#7018
1883#6778
1882#54012
1881#50312
1880#6409
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Hamp was already there! It came in at #640, and was given to 9 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1901, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Hamp
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1996
  • Biggest jump: 412 spots in 1907 (#1,111#699)
  • Biggest drop: 363 spots in 1896 (#738#1,101)
Rise & fade · boys
12 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1892 at #497 (16 births)
  • Births halved by 1893, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 23 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1880–1893
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,627
  • Highest: 1 in 7,627 boys born in 1892 were named Hamp (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 315,717 boys born in 1996 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 16.6% of all boys named Hamp (179) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s99#503 (1881)#622
1890s84#497 (1892)#817
1900s87#687 (1902)#876
1910s174#859 (1910)#1,423
1920s179#1,416 (1920)#1,975
1930s138#1,310 (1933)#2,048
1940s133#1,633 (1941)#2,150
1950s104#1,615 (1950)#2,652
1960s60#2,627 (1966)#3,272
1970s12#3,963 (1971)#4,532
1980s0
1990s6#7,971 (1996)#7,971

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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