Hampton

Popularity Trends

The name Hampton is the #3,966 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,742 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 48.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 48.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,795 (60.8% percentile) for all time with 4,540 births since 1880. For girls, it ranks #5,514 (3.5% percentile) for all time with 202 births since 1998.

Hampton has appeared in U.S. birth records since the beginning of our dataset in 1880 (since 1880 for boys and since 1998 for girls). Birth data for Hampton is available in 141 out of the 144 years between 1880 and 2023 (141 years for boys and 21 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

The name Hampton has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 95.7% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 80.9% of babies named Hampton were boys.

For boys, Hampton reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 11.1% percentile (ranked #822) with 57 births per million. The name was most common in 1907, with 132 births per million (ranked 6.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1982, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Hampton ranks #823 for boys (9.7% percentile) with 51 births per million, which is 38.4% of its peak share of births.

For girls, Hampton reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #930) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 13 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Hampton is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #930 (1.8% percentile) with 13 births per million.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hampton".

1880 2023 18802023

Key Statistics

Total Births

202

Peak Births

Peak Year

2023

First Recorded

1998

Peak Percentile

1.8%

Current Percentile

1.8%

Peak Rank

#930

Current Rank

#930

Female statistics

Total Births

4,540

Peak Births

107

Peak Year

2022

First Recorded

1880

Peak Percentile

11.1%

Current Percentile

9.7%

Peak Rank

#822

Current Rank

#823

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Hampton", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Hampton.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Hampton's popularity from 1880 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Hampton at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Hampton range from Fletcher at 82.8% correlation to Lola at 78.0% correlation, with an average correlation level of 79.5%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Stella with 198.8K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Oren with 9.2K births (100% boys).

Hampton's share of births peaked at 132.4 births per million in 1907 (12.6 for girls in 2023 and 132.4 for boys in 2022). It reached its lowest point of 4.5 births per million (3% of peak) in 1979. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Hampton had 63.4 births per million, 48% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Fletcher

16.5k

82.85% (very strong)

Raleigh

12k

81.09% (very strong)

Monroe

22.8k

80.52% (very strong)

Stella

198.8k

79.77% (strong)

Nola

25.6k

79.58% (strong)

Ellis

54.2k

79.52% (strong)

Mazie

9,259

79.14% (strong)

Vida

12k

78.71% (strong)

Foster

12.9k

78.61% (strong)

Oren

9,232

78.45% (strong)

Zora

9,679

78.15% (strong)

Lola

94.8k

78.03% (strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Hampton

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Hampton. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Hampton is pronounced as HAMP-tuhn, which has 2 syllables.

HAMP-tuhn

100.0%

HAMP-tuhn (2 syllables)

Verified

100.0% confidence

HH AE1 M P T AH0 N

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like HH AE1 M P T AH0 N) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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