Hampton
#3,832 for girls in 2025, 38 births · #1,443 for boys in 2025, 124 births
Given to boys 94.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1891 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,780since 1880
Hampton over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,832 | 38 | #1,443 | 124 |
| 2024 | #6,167 | 19 | #1,521 | 116 |
| 2023 | #5,549 | 22 | #1,754 | 93 |
| 2022 | #6,464 | 18 | #1,626 | 107 |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 | #1,597 | 107 |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 | #1,694 | 92 |
| 2019 | #7,342 | 15 | #1,737 | 90 |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | #1,809 | 84 |
| 2017 | #7,442 | 15 | #1,735 | 89 |
| 2016 | #10,113 | 10 | #2,278 | 58 |
| 2015 | #8,008 | 14 | #1,910 | 76 |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | #1,959 | 73 |
| 2013 | — | #1,725 | 85 | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | #1,983 | 71 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #1,999 | 68 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | #2,069 | 65 |
| 2009 | — | #2,010 | 69 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #2,374 | 54 |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 | #2,416 | 53 |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 | #2,375 | 52 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #2,297 | 51 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #2,376 | 47 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #2,006 | 57 |
| 2002 | — | #2,685 | 35 | |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #2,386 | 41 |
| 2000 | — | #2,136 | 47 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,462 | 36 | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #2,507 | 34 |
| 1997 | — | #2,449 | 33 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,747 | 27 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,178 | 37 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,181 | 37 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,509 | 29 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,253 | 33 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,105 | 20 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,628 | 25 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,615 | 24 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,509 | 23 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,725 | 19 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,779 | 18 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,710 | 18 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,925 | 10 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,912 | 15 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,972 | 15 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,601 | 11 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,965 | 15 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,403 | 8 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,614 | 10 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,910 | 14 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,095 | 12 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,751 | 14 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,358 | 17 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,124 | 19 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,622 | 8 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,366 | 16 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,794 | 24 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,861 | 20 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,030 | 16 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,609 | 23 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,891 | 17 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,806 | 19 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,975 | 17 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,902 | 18 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,515 | 27 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,635 | 24 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,400 | 32 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,709 | 22 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,026 | 16 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,345 | 34 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,418 | 30 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,483 | 27 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,466 | 27 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,480 | 26 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,323 | 32 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,344 | 30 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,289 | 31 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,380 | 28 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,378 | 28 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,176 | 38 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,327 | 28 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,039 | 38 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,328 | 25 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,214 | 32 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,054 | 41 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,254 | 28 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,183 | 32 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,194 | 30 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,043 | 38 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,233 | 29 | |
| 1936 | — | #989 | 40 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,494 | 21 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,007 | 41 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,051 | 38 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,651 | 19 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,078 | 39 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,021 | 45 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,138 | 37 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,057 | 43 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,022 | 47 | |
| 1926 | — | #944 | 52 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,144 | 38 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,071 | 44 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,087 | 43 | |
| 1922 | — | #905 | 59 | |
| 1921 | — | #931 | 57 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,004 | 47 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,024 | 44 | |
| 1918 | — | #894 | 55 | |
| 1917 | — | #839 | 58 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,096 | 35 | |
| 1915 | — | #996 | 40 | |
| 1914 | — | #884 | 38 | |
| 1913 | — | #897 | 30 | |
| 1912 | — | #800 | 30 | |
| 1911 | — | #707 | 20 | |
| 1910 | — | #981 | 11 | |
| 1909 | — | #951 | 10 | |
| 1908 | — | #877 | 10 | |
| 1907 | — | #511 | 21 | |
| 1906 | — | #752 | 11 | |
| 1905 | — | #615 | 15 | |
| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
| 1903 | — | #576 | 15 | |
| 1902 | — | #556 | 15 | |
| 1901 | — | #779 | 8 | |
| 1900 | — | #785 | 11 | |
| 1899 | — | #786 | 8 | |
| 1898 | — | #573 | 14 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #778 | 9 | |
| 1895 | — | #872 | 7 | |
| 1894 | — | #631 | 11 | |
| 1893 | — | #768 | 8 | |
| 1892 | — | #688 | 10 | |
| 1891 | — | #497 | 13 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | #1,031 | 5 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #512 | 13 | |
| 1885 | — | #641 | 9 | |
| 1884 | — | #613 | 10 | |
| 1883 | — | #644 | 9 | |
| 1882 | — | #652 | 9 | |
| 1881 | — | #533 | 11 | |
| 1880 | — | #809 | 6 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Hampton was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1890, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Hampton is popular in 1885
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Hampton
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 78 spots since 2024 (#1,521 → #1,443)
- 251 spots since 2020 (#1,694 → #1,443)
- 467 spots since 2015 (#1,910 → #1,443)
- Biggest jump: 505 spots in 1936 (#1,494 → #989)
- Biggest drop: 366 spots in 1908 (#511 → #877)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1891 at #497 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1897, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 38 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1898–1915
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,992
- Highest: 1 in 6,992 boys born in 1907 were named Hampton (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 13,775 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #497 in 1891, was only 1 in 7,784 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 15.9% of all boys named Hampton (759) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 77 | #512 (1886) | #712 |
| 1890s | 80 | #497 (1891) | #699 |
| 1900s | 124 | #511 (1907) | #728 |
| 1910s | 361 | #707 (1911) | #912 |
| 1920s | 467 | #905 (1922) | #1,030 |
| 1930s | 340 | #989 (1936) | #1,176 |
| 1940s | 318 | #1,039 (1945) | #1,233 |
| 1950s | 275 | #1,289 (1950) | #1,488 |
| 1960s | 213 | #1,400 (1960) | #1,762 |
| 1970s | 142 | #1,794 (1970) | #2,904 |
| 1980s | 168 | #2,509 (1988) | #2,971 |
| 1990s | 311 | #2,178 (1995) | #2,502 |
| 2000s | 506 | #2,006 (2003) | #2,306 |
| 2010s | 759 | #1,725 (2013) | #1,920 |
| 2020s | 639 | #1,443 (2025) | #1,606 |
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.
Hampton in 1885
boys
#641
9 births · 1 in 11,978 boys
Top boys' names in 1885
More about 1885
boys
107,799 boys got a published name in 1885; 1 in 11,978 of them was named Hampton, which outranked 41.6% of the 1,097 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).