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Hampton

Mostly boys · HAMP-tun · English

Hampton is a name of English origin, meaning “home farmstead”. In 2025 it ranked 1,443rd for boys in the US (124 babies).

What does Hampton mean?

English: English place name and surname

“home farmstead”

From English place names such as Hampton on the Thames, home of Henry VIII's Hampton Court Palace.

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Is Hampton a girl's or a boy's name?

In recent years, Hampton has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 38 girls and 124 boys in the US.

How popular is Hampton in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,443among boys
Babies in 2025
124about 1 in 14,000 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 25% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 124 boys in the US were named Hampton, making it the 1,443rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,694th. 38 girls were also named Hampton in 2025 (3,831st for girls).

2025 had the most boys named Hampton of any year since the records began in 1880.

Half of all the boys named Hampton in the US since 1880 were born between 1932 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.

Girls were 13% of the babies named Hampton in the US in 1998, and 23% in 2025.

1880Busiest: 124 in 20252025
Hampton in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025124#1,443
2024116#1,521
202393#1,754
2022107#1,626
2021107#1,597
202092#1,694
201990#1,737
201884#1,808
201789#1,735
201658#2,278
201576#1,910
201473#1,958
201385#1,724
201271#1,982
201168#1,998
201065#2,068
200969#2,009
200854#2,373
200753#2,416
200652#2,374
200551#2,293
200447#2,372
200357#2,002
200235#2,681
200141#2,382
200047#2,132
199936#2,459
199834#2,504
199733#2,445
199627#2,742
199537#2,173
199437#2,176
199329#2,503
199233#2,248
199120#3,099
199025#2,623
198924#2,609
198823#2,504
198719#2,721
198618#2,776
198518#2,708
198410#3,922
198315#2,911
198215#2,971
198111#3,599
198015#2,964
19798#4,401
197810#3,613
197714#2,909
197612#3,093
197514#2,749
197417#2,356
197319#2,122
19728#3,620
197116#2,365
197024#1,793
196920#1,860
196816#2,029
196723#1,608
196617#1,890
196519#1,805
196417#1,974
196318#1,901
196227#1,514
196124#1,634
196032#1,399
195922#1,708
195816#2,025
195734#1,344
195630#1,417
195527#1,482
195427#1,465
195326#1,479
195232#1,322
195130#1,343
195031#1,288
194928#1,379
194828#1,377
194738#1,175
194628#1,326
194538#1,038
194425#1,327
194332#1,214
194241#1,054
194128#1,254
194032#1,183
193930#1,194
193838#1,043
193729#1,233
193640#989
193521#1,494
193441#1,007
193338#1,051
193219#1,651
193139#1,078
193045#1,021
192937#1,138
192843#1,057
192747#1,022
192652#944
192538#1,144
192444#1,071
192343#1,087
192259#905
192157#931
192047#1,004
191944#1,024
191855#894
191758#839
191635#1,096
191540#996
191438#884
191330#897
191230#800
191120#707
191011#980
190910#951
190810#877
190721#511
190611#752
190515#615
19048#874
190315#576
190215#555
19018#778
190011#784
18998#786
189814#572
18970–
18969#778
18957#871
189411#630
18938#768
189210#687
189113#497
18900–
18895#973
18885#1,030
18870–
188613#512
18859#641
188410#613
18839#644
18829#652
188111#533
18806#809

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