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Hampton

Pronounced /ˈhæmp.tən/

Rank in 2024
#1,521
Born in 2024
116
Peak year
2024 · #1521
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 116 boys were named Hampton, about 1 in every 14,787.
  • 2024 is its biggest year on record.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 4,656 boys have been named Hampton since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Hampton per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 861 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Silent: 616 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 515 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 252 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 361 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 813 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,070 babies, 0.05 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

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.

  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈhæmp.tən/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Hampton, CC BY-SA 4.0.