Hampton

Where Hampton comes from

Variously from: * Old English Hāmtūn, from hām and tūn (equivalent to home + town); * Old English hēantūn, from hēah and tūn (equivalent to high + town). The town in New Brunswick may have been named after one of several towns in New England. The civil parish is named after the town.
— Wiktionary's entry for Hampton
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #809 among boys — 6 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1891
    Peak, #497
    13 babies named Hampton — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1897
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1928
    Hampton Hawes born
    American jazz pianist
  5. 1938
    Hampton Fancher born
    American actor and director
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Hampton Fancher · American actor and director, born 1938
  • Hampton Hawes · American jazz pianist, 1928–1977
  • Hampton Morris · American weightlifter, born 2004
  • Hampton Del Ruth · actor, director, screenwriter, producer, 1879–1958
  • Hampton Sides · American historian and writer, born 1962

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.