# Hampton (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hampton/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhæmp.tən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Hanton |
| US babies named this | 5,039 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,780 / 259 (5% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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. The civil parish is named after the 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | 15,652 |
| 2011 | 7 | 13,875 |
| 2012 | 6 | 15,656 |
| 2014 | 8 | 12,332 |
| 2015 | 14 | 8,156 |
| 2016 | 10 | 10,362 |
| 2017 | 15 | 7,599 |
| 2018 | 8 | 11,803 |
| 2019 | 15 | 7,488 |
| 2020 | 11 | 9,160 |
| 2021 | 12 | 8,673 |
| 2022 | 18 | 6,547 |
| 2023 | 22 | 5,626 |
| 2024 | 19 | 6,249 |
| 2025 | 38 | 3,859 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 68 | 2,009 |
| 2012 | 71 | 1,995 |
| 2013 | 85 | 1,727 |
| 2014 | 73 | 1,967 |
| 2015 | 76 | 1,920 |
| 2016 | 58 | 2,287 |
| 2017 | 89 | 1,740 |
| 2018 | 84 | 1,812 |
| 2019 | 90 | 1,738 |
| 2020 | 92 | 1,698 |
| 2021 | 107 | 1,600 |
| 2022 | 107 | 1,630 |
| 2023 | 93 | 1,760 |
| 2024 | 116 | 1,522 |
| 2025 | 124 | 1,444 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |

## People named Hampton

- Hampton Fancher, American actor and director
- Hampton Hawes, American jazz pianist (1928–1977)
- Hampton Morris, American weightlifter
- Hampton Del Ruth, actor, director, screenwriter, producer (1879-1958)
- Annie Potts, American actress
- David Pryor, American politician (1934–2024)
- Oliver H. Smith, American politician (1794-1859)

## 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.