Hampton
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning settlement in a valley.
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US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Hampton by the numbers
Hampton was given to 103 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Hampton. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Hampton, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Braydenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden5,153 in the US (2017)
- Bentleymeadow of bent grass3,945 in the US (2017)
- Haydenvalley with hay3,623 in the US (2017)
- Wesleywestern meadow3,607 in the US (2017)
- Ryleerye clearing; a respelling of Ryley2,971 in the US (2017)
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