# Compton (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/compton/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “valley”, “town” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɒmp.tən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Cumpton |
| US babies named this | 81 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 81 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Old English Cumbtūn. Equivalent to combe (“valley”) + -ton (“town”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1915 | 5 | 3,941 |
| 1920 | 5 | 4,428 |
| 1925 | 7 | 3,472 |
| 1928 | 5 | 4,265 |
| 1941 | 5 | 3,593 |
| 1955 | 5 | 3,972 |
| 1992 | 8 | 6,229 |
| 2008 | 6 | 11,325 |
| 2014 | 5 | 12,438 |
| 2015 | 5 | 12,439 |
| 2016 | 6 | 10,994 |
| 2020 | 8 | 8,900 |
| 2021 | 5 | 12,499 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11,204 |

## People named Compton

- Compton Bennett, British film director (1900-1974)
- Francis Crick, British molecular biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist; co-discoverer of the structure 
- Adam Wood, British diplomat
- Anthony Pelissier, British film director/producer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.