Given name & surname
Hampton
“from the home town”
Hampton is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the home town.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the home town.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
From Old English Hāmtūn, from Old English hēantūn.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hampton through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,039
- 4,780 boys · 259 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 162 babies
- 2025
- 162
- #1,444 for boys · #3,859 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +39%
- Rising
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 85% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 124 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,444 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 32.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 38 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, South Carolina had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (26). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,544 as a first name in 2020; 66,633 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hampton’s family of names
Hampton has a related form in Hamp. Hampton has a related form in Hampe. Hampton has a related form in Hamptan.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Hampton
- Hampton FancherAmerican actor and directorborn 1938
- Hampton HawesAmerican jazz pianist (1928–1977)
- Hampton MorrisAmerican weightlifterborn 2004
- Hampton Del Ruthactor, director, screenwriter, producer (1879-1958)
- Hampton SidesAmerican historian and writerborn 1962
- Hampton Lintorn-CatlinAmerican computer programmerborn 1982
- Hampton Wildman ParkerBritish zoologist and herpetologist (1897–1968)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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