Hampton
Hampton is given to both girls and boys: 38 girls and 124 boys were given it in 2025 (#3,858 among girls’ names and #1,444 among boys’, #2,560 among all names counting both); 5,039 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,260 Americans named Hampton and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (65% of everyone recorded); the median is 17 years old and half are between 7 and 37.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Hampton by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Hampton mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Hampton is “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
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.
/ˈhæmp.tən/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Hampton?
#1,444 among boys’ names, 2025
Hampton rose from #1,920 in 2015 to #1,444 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 39.7 to 72.6 per million.
162 babies in 2025, the peak
Hampton peaked in 2025, when 162 babies were given it (124 boys, #1,444 among boys’ names). In 2024 it went to 116 boys.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 124 | #1,444 | 0.07 |
| 2024 | 116 | #1,522 | 0.07 |
| 2023 | 93 | #1,760 | 0.05 |
| 2022 | 107 | #1,630 | 0.06 |
| 2021 | 107 | #1,600 | 0.06 |
| 2020 | 92 | #1,698 | 0.05 |
| 2019 | 90 | #1,738 | 0.05 |
| 2018 | 84 | #1,811 | 0.05 |
| 2017 | 89 | #1,740 | 0.05 |
| 2016 | 58 | #2,287 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (143)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 76 | #1,920 | 0.04 |
| 2014 | 73 | #1,966 | 0.04 |
| 2013 | 85 | #1,726 | 0.04 |
| 2012 | 71 | #1,994 | 0.04 |
| 2011 | 68 | #2,008 | 0.04 |
| 2010 | 65 | #2,074 | 0.03 |
| 2009 | 69 | #2,017 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 54 | #2,388 | 0.03 |
| 2007 | 53 | #2,421 | 0.03 |
| 2006 | 52 | #2,380 | 0.03 |
| 2005 | 51 | #2,305 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 47 | #2,388 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 57 | #2,014 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 35 | #2,709 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 41 | #2,394 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 47 | #2,148 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 36 | #2,483 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 34 | #2,518 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 33 | #2,470 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 27 | #2,775 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 37 | #2,183 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 37 | #2,190 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 29 | #2,529 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 33 | #2,266 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,153 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 25 | #2,644 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 24 | #2,632 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 23 | #2,543 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 19 | #2,758 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,822 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,753 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 10 | #4,023 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,972 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 15 | #3,017 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,696 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 15 | #3,003 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,570 | under 0.01 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,692 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 14 | #2,965 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,150 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,806 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,393 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 19 | #2,160 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,762 | under 0.01 |
| 1971 | 16 | #2,403 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 24 | #1,818 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 20 | #1,885 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 16 | #2,064 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 23 | #1,622 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 17 | #1,917 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 19 | #1,828 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 17 | #2,006 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 18 | #1,921 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 27 | #1,529 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 24 | #1,663 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 32 | #1,411 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 22 | #1,735 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 16 | #2,057 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 34 | #1,353 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 30 | #1,427 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 27 | #1,494 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 27 | #1,478 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 26 | #1,490 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 32 | #1,331 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 30 | #1,356 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 31 | #1,298 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 28 | #1,393 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 28 | #1,388 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 38 | #1,178 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 28 | #1,339 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 38 | #1,046 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 25 | #1,347 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 32 | #1,229 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 41 | #1,067 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 28 | #1,263 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 32 | #1,194 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 30 | #1,207 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 38 | #1,052 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 29 | #1,246 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 40 | #998 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,515 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 41 | #1,011 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 38 | #1,060 | 0.04 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,680 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 39 | #1,087 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 45 | #1,028 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 37 | #1,146 | 0.03 |
| 1928 | 43 | #1,065 | 0.04 |
| 1927 | 47 | #1,024 | 0.04 |
| 1926 | 52 | #949 | 0.05 |
| 1925 | 38 | #1,153 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 44 | #1,079 | 0.04 |
| 1923 | 43 | #1,091 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 59 | #910 | 0.05 |
| 1921 | 57 | #932 | 0.05 |
| 1920 | 47 | #1,008 | 0.04 |
| 1919 | 44 | #1,026 | 0.04 |
| 1918 | 55 | #898 | 0.05 |
| 1917 | 58 | #842 | 0.06 |
| 1916 | 35 | #1,105 | 0.04 |
| 1915 | 40 | #1,004 | 0.05 |
| 1914 | 38 | #889 | 0.06 |
| 1913 | 30 | #906 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 30 | #807 | 0.07 |
| 1911 | 20 | #718 | 0.09 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,006 | 0.06 |
| 1909 | 10 | #978 | 0.06 |
| 1908 | 10 | #910 | 0.06 |
| 1907 | 21 | #524 | 0.14 |
| 1906 | 11 | #778 | 0.08 |
| 1905 | 15 | #624 | 0.11 |
| 1904 | 8 | #923 | 0.06 |
| 1903 | 15 | #588 | 0.13 |
| 1902 | 15 | #565 | 0.12 |
| 1901 | 8 | #803 | 0.08 |
| 1900 | 11 | #810 | 0.07 |
| 1899 | 8 | #815 | 0.08 |
| 1898 | 14 | #588 | 0.11 |
| 1896 | 9 | #798 | 0.08 |
| 1895 | 7 | #924 | 0.06 |
| 1894 | 11 | #648 | 0.10 |
| 1893 | 8 | #790 | 0.07 |
| 1892 | 10 | #707 | 0.08 |
| 1891 | 13 | #505 | 0.13 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,028 | 0.05 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,098 | 0.04 |
| 1886 | 13 | #525 | 0.12 |
| 1885 | 9 | #666 | 0.08 |
| 1884 | 10 | #635 | 0.09 |
| 1883 | 9 | #662 | 0.09 |
| 1882 | 9 | #670 | 0.08 |
| 1881 | 11 | #544 | 0.11 |
| 1880 | 6 | #861 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Hampton a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 5,039 Americans recorded as Hampton, 5% are girls and 95% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Hampton: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Hampton, and how old are they?
3,260 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 65% of the 5,039 Americans ever recorded as Hampton. The median Hampton alive today is 17 years old; half are between 7 and 37.
The 2020 Census counted 2,544 people named Hampton (190 women and girls, 2,354 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,700 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 115 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 334 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 221 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 344 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 869 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,370 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Hampton born?
The states with the most babies named Hampton are South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama, with 63% of its births recorded by state in 2025; South Carolina and Alabama are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 26 | #216 | 8.6× |
| Georgia | 20 | #525 | 1.9× |
| Alabama | 16 | #347 | 1.7× |
| Texas | 15 | #2,165 | 0.3× |
| North Carolina | 12 | #733 | 2.0× |
| Tennessee | 9 | #740 | 0.3× |
Where Hampton is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Hampton is most over-represented in South Carolina: since 1910 it was given 8.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Hampton with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Hampton
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Hampton and names like it
- Compare Hampton and FletcherBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sHampton peaked in 2025.
- South Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Hampton since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Hampton: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Hampton.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Hampton alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with HMost given first.