Hinton comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning "Settlement on a hill".
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How popular is Hinton?
1920peak year
The name Hinton reached its peak in 1920, with 20 registrations (ranked #1788). It had only entered records 12 years earlier, in 1908. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #11614) today, averaging about 6 new babies per year. Across all years on record, approximately 566 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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