Hamp vs Hampton
American parents have registered 5,039 Hamptons since 1880, against 1,076 Hamps. Hampton is still ahead, with 162 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Hamp Hampton
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 146 years in which either name was published, Hampton for 133 years and Hamp for 13 years. The lead changed hands 13 times.
- 1880–1882 Hamp ahead
- 1883–1886 Hampton ahead
- 1887–1890 Hamp ahead
- 1901–2025 Hampton ahead, apart from one short spell
9 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Hamp | Hampton | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 1,076 | 5,039 |
| Most in one year | 27 | 162 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 162 |
| Estimated living today | 220 | 3,300 |
| Median age today | 72 | 16 |
| Peak year | 1920 | 2025 |
| Best rank | 1,416th boys | 1,443rd boys |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 1,443rd |
| First recorded | 1880 | 1880 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 1,076 | 259 / 4,780 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Hamps alive today are over 72; half the Hamptons are over 16. That is 56 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Hamp Georgia (20.5×), Alabama (11.3×)
- Hampton South Carolina (24.0×), North Carolina (5.5×), Georgia (5.3×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Hamp and Hampton.