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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1891 at #497 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1897, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1898–1915
- 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
- 15.9% of all boys named Hampton (759) were born in this decade
- 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 2018
Top girls' names in 2018
Top boys' names in 2018
More about 2018
girls
1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 212,634 of them was named Hampton, which outranked 37.0% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #10,545Zyelle9
- #10,545Zyion9
- #10,545Zynique9
- #11,427Hampton8
- #11,427Aada8
- #11,427Aadhvika8
- #11,427Aailyah8
- #12,464Aaisha7
- #12,464Aalana7
- #12,464Aaleah7
Tied with 1,036 names at #11,427; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 21,621 of them was named Hampton, which outranked 87.2% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,792Unknown85
- #1,792Waylen85
- #1,792Yazan85
- #1,809Hampton84
- #1,809Angus84
- #1,809Dashawn84
- #1,809Gryffin84
- #1,823Akiva83
- #1,823Antony83
- #1,823Austyn83
Tied with 13 names at #1,809; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.