Sutton Boy & girl
How popular is Sutton?
#181 girl name in 2025
1,697 baby girls were named Sutton in the US in 2025, making it the 181st most popular girl name. Another 1,018 boys got the name (#332 for boys).
Sutton popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #181 for girls (▲ 17 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,697 girls, 1,018 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+301% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #674 in 2015, #323 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (1,697 girls) |
| Highest rank | #181 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1963 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 33% boys, 67% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Sutton counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Sutton family of names ranked #195 for girls in 2025 (#208 the year before), with 1,751 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sutton | 1,697 | 97% |
| Suttyn | 54 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Sutton is most popular
Babies named Sutton per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- South Dakota: 4.8 per 1,000 (69 girls)
- North Dakota: 4.1 per 1,000 (54 girls)
- Nebraska: 3.7 per 1,000 (133 girls)
- West Virginia: 3.0 per 1,000 (79 girls)
- Oklahoma: 3.0 per 1,000 (220 girls)
Sutton by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 56 | #2,779 |
| 1970s | 19 | #5,817 |
| 1980s | 33 | #7,560 |
| 1990s | 137 | #4,440 |
| 2000s | 386 | #3,183 |
| 2010s | 3,738 | #417 |
| 2020s | 8,297 | #181 |
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Questions
- Is Sutton a boy or girl name?
- Sutton is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 33% of babies named Sutton were boys and 67% were girls.
- How popular is the name Sutton?
- 1,697 baby girls were named Sutton in the US in 2025, making it the 181st most popular girl name. Another 1,018 boys got the name (#332 for boys).
- When was Sutton most popular?
- Sutton peaked in 2025, when 1,697 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #181 in 2025.
- How many people are named Sutton?
- 20,017 babies have been named Sutton in the US since 1880. We estimate about 19,899 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 5.
- Where is Sutton most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Sutton was most common in South Dakota, at 4.8 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.