Hampton is an English surname and place name from the Old English ham and tun, "home settlement" or "farmstead by the meadow", found in towns from Hampton Court to the Hamptons on Long Island. As a first name it belongs to the preppy, surname-style group with Easton, Preston and Weston. Hampton has moved up from number 1920 in 2015 to number 1444 in 2025, its best US rank to date, though still outside the top 1000.