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

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Peak · boys
1891 · 13 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,780
since 1880

Hampton over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201927peak #497, 1891girlsat peakboys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,83238#1,443124
2024#6,16719#1,521116
2023#5,54922#1,75493
2022#6,46418#1,626107
2021#8,46412#1,597107
2020#8,95311#1,69492
2019#7,34215#1,73790
2018#11,4278#1,80984
2017#7,44215#1,73589
2016#10,11310#2,27858
2015#8,00814#1,91076
2014#11,9318#1,95973
2013#1,72585
2012#14,9626#1,98371
2011#13,3477#1,99968
2010#14,9596#2,06965
2009#2,01069
2008#17,5045#2,37454
2007#10,12911#2,41653
2006#12,4208#2,37552
2005#16,4625#2,29751
2004#16,0995#2,37647
2003#15,7845#2,00657
2002#2,68535
2001#13,5216#2,38641
2000#2,13647
1999#2,46236
1998#14,1225#2,50734
1997#2,44933
1996#2,74727
1995#2,17837
1994#2,18137
1993#2,50929
1992#2,25333
1991#3,10520
1990#2,62825
1989#2,61524
1988#2,50923
1987#2,72519
1986#2,77918
1985#2,71018
1984#3,92510
1983#2,91215
1982#2,97215
1981#3,60111
1980#2,96515
1979#4,4038
1978#3,61410
1977#2,91014
1976#3,09512
1975#2,75114
1974#2,35817
1973#2,12419
1972#3,6228
1971#2,36616
1970#1,79424
1969#1,86120
1968#2,03016
1967#1,60923
1966#1,89117
1965#1,80619
1964#1,97517
1963#1,90218
1962#1,51527
1961#1,63524
1960#1,40032
1959#1,70922
1958#2,02616
1957#1,34534
1956#1,41830
1955#1,48327
1954#1,46627
1953#1,48026
1952#1,32332
1951#1,34430
1950#1,28931
1949#1,38028
1948#1,37828
1947#1,17638
1946#1,32728
1945#1,03938
1944#1,32825
1943#1,21432
1942#1,05441
1941#1,25428
1940#1,18332
1939#1,19430
1938#1,04338
1937#1,23329
1936#98940
1935#1,49421
1934#1,00741
1933#1,05138
1932#1,65119
1931#1,07839
1930#1,02145
1929#1,13837
1928#1,05743
1927#1,02247
1926#94452
1925#1,14438
1924#1,07144
1923#1,08743
1922#90559
1921#93157
1920#1,00447
1919#1,02444
1918#89455
1917#83958
1916#1,09635
1915#99640
1914#88438
1913#89730
1912#80030
1911#70720
1910#98111
1909#95110
1908#87710
1907#51121
1906#75211
1905#61515
1904#8748
1903#57615
1902#55615
1901#7798
1900#78511
1899#7868
1898#57314
1897
1896#7789
1895#8727
1894#63111
1893#7688
1892#68810
1891#49713
1890
1889#9745
1888#1,0315
1887
1886#51213
1885#6419
1884#61310
1883#6449
1882#6529
1881#53311
1880#8096
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.

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
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s77#512 (1886)#712
1890s80#497 (1891)#699
1900s124#511 (1907)#728
1910s361#707 (1911)#912
1920s467#905 (1922)#1,030
1930s340#989 (1936)#1,176
1940s318#1,039 (1945)#1,233
1950s275#1,289 (1950)#1,488
1960s213#1,400 (1960)#1,762
1970s142#1,794 (1970)#2,904
1980s168#2,509 (1988)#2,971
1990s311#2,178 (1995)#2,502
2000s506#2,006 (2003)#2,306
2010s759#1,725 (2013)#1,920
2020s639#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 1927

boys
#1,022
47 births · 1 in 23,977 boys

Top boys' names in 1927

  1. #1Robert61,674
  2. #2John55,949
  3. #3James53,674
  4. #4William51,476
  5. #5Charles31,941
  6. #6Richard26,768
  7. #7George25,949
  8. #8Donald23,834
  9. #9Joseph23,503
  10. #10Edward19,115
  11. #1,022Hampton47
More about 1927

boys

1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 23,977 of them was named Hampton, which outranked 78.7% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hampton
  1. #1,012Marcelino48
  2. #1,012Nunzio48
  3. #1,012Sumner48
  4. #1,022Hampton47
  5. #1,022Conley47
  6. #1,022Garnet47
  7. #1,022Hilario47
  8. #1,028Durwood46
  9. #1,028Enrico46
  10. #1,028Gorden46

Tied with 5 names at #1,022; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. 1,863Lindbergh#2,436#573
  2. 966Lindy#1,353#387
  3. 601Sonny#1,565#964
  4. 467Akira#1,404#937
  5. 442Maria#1,432#990
Fallers
  1. 684Minoru#963#1,647
  2. 611Reno#825#1,436
  3. 406Hurley#916#1,322
  4. 356Adelbert#842#1,198
  5. 330Gardner#963#1,293

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1927