Hamp — boys' name

What the Data Says About Hamp

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,076 babies named Hamp between 1880 and 1996, spanning 117 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hamp currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hamp performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 179 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Hamp shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 58 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Hamp in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hamp in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,076 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.