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Hampton: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 124 in 2025. Its best rank was #505 in 1891.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #505 in 1891; #1,444 in 2025. About 77% of babies named Hampton in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,444 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1891, at #505.
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Hampton: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 124 boys in 2025. Peak: #505 in 1891 · most boys in one year: 124 (2025).
In 2025, 124 US boys were named Hampton, making it the 1,444th most common boys’ name of the year, up 78 places from #1,522 in 2024. That is 8 more than the 116 boys named Hampton in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #505, reached in 1891. The most boys given the name in a single year was 124, in 2025. For comparison, it was #1,920 in 2015 and #1,299 in 1950.
In 2025, 38 US girls were named Hampton, making it the 3,859th most common girls’ name of the year, up 2,390 places from #6,249 in 2024. That is 19 more than the 19 girls named Hampton in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #3,859, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most girls given the name: 38. For comparison, it was #8,156 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Hampton in 143 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 6 babies. In all, 5,039 US babies have been given the name, 5.1% of them girls and 95% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 848 babies named Hampton.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 960 US boys were named Hampton; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 124. In 2025 that was about 1 in 13,775 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Hampton ranked highest in South Carolina in 2025, at #216 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 45 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 26 | #216 | #252 |
| Alabama | 16 | #347 | #539 |
| Georgia | 20 | #525 | — |
| North Carolina | 12 | #733 | #931 |
| Tennessee | 9 | #740 | — |
| Texas | 7 | #2,165 | #2,219 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #3,859 | 124 | #1,444 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,249 | 116 | #1,522 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,626 | 93 | #1,760 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,547 | 107 | #1,630 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,673 | 107 | #1,600 |
| 2020 | 11 | #9,160 | 92 | #1,698 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,488 | 90 | #1,738 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,803 | 84 | #1,812 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,599 | 89 | #1,740 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,362 | 58 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,156 | 76 | #1,920 |
| 2014 | 8 | #12,332 | 73 | #1,967 |
| 2013 | — | — | 85 | #1,727 |
| 2012 | 6 | #15,656 | 71 | #1,995 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,875 | 68 | #2,009 |
| 2010 | 6 | #15,652 | 65 | #2,075 |
| 2009 | — | — | 69 | #2,018 |
| 2008 | 5 | #18,516 | 54 | #2,389 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,380 | 53 | #2,421 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,807 | 52 | #2,381 |
| 2005 | 5 | #17,407 | 51 | #2,309 |
| 2004 | 5 | #17,055 | 47 | #2,392 |
| 2003 | 5 | #16,657 | 57 | #2,018 |
| 2002 | — | — | 35 | #2,713 |
| 2001 | 6 | #14,150 | 41 | #2,398 |
| 2000 | — | — | 47 | #2,152 |
| 1999 | — | — | 36 | #2,487 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,977 | 34 | #2,521 |
| 1997 | — | — | 33 | #2,474 |
| 1996 | — | — | 27 | #2,780 |
| 1995 | — | — | 37 | #2,188 |
| 1994 | — | — | 37 | #2,195 |
| 1993 | — | — | 29 | #2,535 |
| 1992 | — | — | 33 | #2,271 |
| 1991 | — | — | 20 | #3,159 |
| 1990 | — | — | 25 | #2,649 |
| 1989 | — | — | 24 | #2,638 |
| 1988 | — | — | 23 | #2,548 |
| 1987 | — | — | 19 | #2,762 |
| 1986 | — | — | 18 | #2,825 |
| 1985 | — | — | 18 | #2,755 |
| 1984 | — | — | 10 | #4,026 |
| 1983 | — | — | 15 | #2,973 |
| 1982 | — | — | 15 | #3,018 |
| 1981 | — | — | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1980 | — | — | 15 | #3,004 |
| 1979 | — | — | 8 | #4,572 |
| 1978 | — | — | 10 | #3,693 |
| 1977 | — | — | 14 | #2,966 |
| 1976 | — | — | 12 | #3,152 |
| 1975 | — | — | 14 | #2,808 |
| 1974 | — | — | 17 | #2,395 |
| 1973 | — | — | 19 | #2,162 |
| 1972 | — | — | 8 | #3,764 |
| 1971 | — | — | 16 | #2,404 |
| 1970 | — | — | 24 | #1,819 |
| 1969 | — | — | 20 | #1,886 |
| 1968 | — | — | 16 | #2,065 |
| 1967 | — | — | 23 | #1,623 |
| 1966 | — | — | 17 | #1,918 |
| 1965 | — | — | 19 | #1,829 |
| 1964 | — | — | 17 | #2,007 |
| 1963 | — | — | 18 | #1,922 |
| 1962 | — | — | 27 | #1,530 |
| 1961 | — | — | 24 | #1,664 |
| 1960 | — | — | 32 | #1,412 |
| 1959 | — | — | 22 | #1,736 |
| 1958 | — | — | 16 | #2,058 |
| 1957 | — | — | 34 | #1,354 |
| 1956 | — | — | 30 | #1,428 |
| 1955 | — | — | 27 | #1,495 |
| 1954 | — | — | 27 | #1,479 |
| 1953 | — | — | 26 | #1,491 |
| 1952 | — | — | 32 | #1,332 |
| 1951 | — | — | 30 | #1,357 |
| 1950 | — | — | 31 | #1,299 |
| 1949 | — | — | 28 | #1,394 |
| 1948 | — | — | 28 | #1,389 |
| 1947 | — | — | 38 | #1,179 |
| 1946 | — | — | 28 | #1,340 |
| 1945 | — | — | 38 | #1,047 |
| 1944 | — | — | 25 | #1,348 |
| 1943 | — | — | 32 | #1,229 |
| 1942 | — | — | 41 | #1,067 |
| 1941 | — | — | 28 | #1,263 |
| 1940 | — | — | 32 | #1,194 |
| 1939 | — | — | 30 | #1,207 |
| 1938 | — | — | 38 | #1,052 |
| 1937 | — | — | 29 | #1,246 |
| 1936 | — | — | 40 | #998 |
| 1935 | — | — | 21 | #1,515 |
| 1934 | — | — | 41 | #1,011 |
| 1933 | — | — | 38 | #1,060 |
| 1932 | — | — | 19 | #1,680 |
| 1931 | — | — | 39 | #1,087 |
| 1930 | — | — | 45 | #1,028 |
| 1929 | — | — | 37 | #1,146 |
| 1928 | — | — | 43 | #1,065 |
| 1927 | — | — | 47 | #1,024 |
| 1926 | — | — | 52 | #949 |
| 1925 | — | — | 38 | #1,153 |
| 1924 | — | — | 44 | #1,079 |
| 1923 | — | — | 43 | #1,091 |
| 1922 | — | — | 59 | #910 |
| 1921 | — | — | 57 | #932 |
| 1920 | — | — | 47 | #1,008 |
| 1919 | — | — | 44 | #1,026 |
| 1918 | — | — | 55 | #898 |
| 1917 | — | — | 58 | #842 |
| 1916 | — | — | 35 | #1,105 |
| 1915 | — | — | 40 | #1,004 |
| 1914 | — | — | 38 | #889 |
| 1913 | — | — | 30 | #906 |
| 1912 | — | — | 30 | #807 |
| 1911 | — | — | 20 | #718 |
| 1910 | — | — | 11 | #1,007 |
| 1909 | — | — | 10 | #978 |
| 1908 | — | — | 10 | #910 |
| 1907 | — | — | 21 | #524 |
| 1906 | — | — | 11 | #778 |
| 1905 | — | — | 15 | #624 |
| 1904 | — | — | 8 | #923 |
| 1903 | — | — | 15 | #588 |
| 1902 | — | — | 15 | #566 |
| 1901 | — | — | 8 | #804 |
| 1900 | — | — | 11 | #811 |
| 1899 | — | — | 8 | #815 |
| 1898 | — | — | 14 | #589 |
| 1896 | — | — | 9 | #798 |
| 1895 | — | — | 7 | #925 |
| 1894 | — | — | 11 | #649 |
| 1893 | — | — | 8 | #790 |
| 1892 | — | — | 10 | #708 |
| 1891 | — | — | 13 | #505 |
| 1889 | — | — | 5 | #1,029 |
| 1888 | — | — | 5 | #1,099 |
| 1886 | — | — | 13 | #525 |
| 1885 | — | — | 9 | #666 |
| 1884 | — | — | 10 | #635 |
| 1883 | — | — | 9 | #662 |
| 1882 | — | — | 9 | #670 |
| 1881 | — | — | 11 | #544 |
| 1880 | — | — | 6 | #861 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).