Unisex name ★ peaked 2025

Sutton

Meaning A unisex given name transferred from the surname Gender Unisex · 63% girls Rank 2025 #181 Trend ↑ Rising 111%

A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

Rank 2025
#181
among girls · ↑17 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
2,715
named Sutton · +19% vs 2024
How common
1 in 947
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2025
2,715 babies
All-time total
20,017
#1,448 all-time among girls
First recorded
1912
in Social Security records

Sutton popularity over time

20,017 babies have been named Sutton since 1912, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.380.751.131.518801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s – – – – – –
1910s – 22 22 2 – –
1920s – – – – – –
1930s – – – – – –
1940s – – – – – –
1950s – – – – – –
1960s 56 – 56 6 – #2,850
1970s 19 5 24 2 -57% #6,295
1980s 33 70 103 10 +329% #8,229
1990s 137 241 378 38 +267% #4,557
2000s 386 743 1,129 113 +199% #3,227
2010s 3,738 2,250 5,988 599 +430% #417
2020s (to 2025) 8,297 4,020 12,317 2,053 +243% #181

Where Sutton is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 1,937 1.21 #156
2027 2,167 1.35 #133
2028 2,385 1.48 #115
2029 2,586 1.61 #102
2030 2,771 1.72 #89

Where Sutton is most popular

Girls named Sutton per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.904 per 1,000. Strongest in South Dakota, North Dakota, and Nebraska.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Sutton born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
South Dakota 69 4.83 +434%
North Dakota 54 4.11 +354%
Nebraska 133 3.70 +309%
West Virginia 79 3.01 +233%
Oklahoma 220 2.99 +231%
Arkansas 156 2.95 +226%
Kansas 169 2.93 +224%
Iowa 155 2.65 +193%
Alabama 216 2.30 +154%
Kentucky 195 2.28 +152%
Louisiana 183 2.09 +131%
Montana 27 1.99 +121%
South Carolina 175 1.95 +115%
Mississippi 89 1.90 +110%
Tennessee 301 1.90 +110%
Missouri 218 1.81 +100%
Idaho 59 1.76 +95%
Georgia 366 1.61 +78%
Michigan 281 1.54 +71%
Ohio 364 1.53 +70%
Indiana 215 1.53 +69%
Wisconsin 150 1.46 +61%
North Carolina 330 1.45 +60%
Minnesota 155 1.44 +59%
Wyoming 6 1.41 +56%
Virginia 225 1.32 +46%
Colorado 144 1.29 +43%
New Hampshire 22 1.19 +32%
Oregon 71 1.09 +21%
Texas 839 1.04 +15%
Pennsylvania 242 1.02 +13%
Utah 73 0.877 ≈ national
Maine 13 0.840 -7%
Illinois 186 0.813 -10%
Maryland 81 0.764 -15%
Washington 108 0.748 -17%
Arizona 100 0.713 -21%
Florida 271 0.633 -30%
Delaware 5 0.441 -51%
Nevada 17 0.366 -60%
New Jersey 60 0.332 -63%
Massachusetts 38 0.314 -65%
Connecticut 18 0.309 -66%
New York 117 0.295 -67%
California 241 0.287 -68%
New Mexico 6 0.247 -73%
Alaska – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Hawaii – – –
Rhode Island – – –
Vermont – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Sutton

Sutton is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #181 in 2025 with 1,697 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1912, 20,017 American babies have been named Sutton, about 63% girls and 37% boys, making it a genuinely unisex name. Its peak came in 2025, when 2,715 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Sutton stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Sutton?

The median living Sutton is about 4 years old; half are between 1 and 8. An estimated 20 thousand people named Sutton are alive in the United States today.

median 4 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Sutton year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 1,697 #181 1,018 #332
2024 1,561 #198 714 #442
2023 1,460 #205 698 #446
2022 1,370 #217 567 #527
2021 1,249 #245 544 #542
2020 960 #323 479 #580
2019 755 #417 420 #641
2018 582 #539 292 #785
2017 500 #605 279 #814
2016 434 #674 246 #890
2015 423 #676 217 #954
2014 361 #778 206 #1,003
2013 316 #836 184 #1,046
2012 243 #1,040 161 #1,143
2011 73 #2,509 125 #1,357
2010 51 #3,251 120 #1,397
2009 51 #3,295 120 #1,412
2008 47 #3,526 145 #1,222
2007 42 #3,840 118 #1,399
2006 47 #3,462 68 #1,990
2005 40 #3,719 69 #1,865
2004 35 #4,080 54 #2,188
2003 46 #3,227 61 #1,930
2002 33 #3,970 36 #2,676
2001 25 #4,822 31 #2,981
2000 20 #5,677 41 #2,369
1995 8 #10,410 23 #3,086
1990 7 #11,254 14 #4,146
1985 8 #8,229 15 #3,202
1980 – – 8 #4,884
1975 – – – –
1970 8 #6,295 – –
1965 11 #4,174 – –
1960 – – – –
1955 – – – –
1950 – – – –
1945 – – – –
1940 – – – –
1935 – – – –
1930 – – – –
1925 – – – –
1920 – – – –
1915 – – – –
1910 – – – –
1905 – – – –
1900 – – – –
1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Famous people named Sutton

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Sutton Foster Sutton Foster American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1975) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Sutton, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Sutton?

The median living Sutton is about 4 years old. Half of all living Suttons are between 1 and 8 years old.

How many people named Sutton are alive today?

An estimated 20 thousand people named Sutton are alive in the United States, based on 20,017 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Sutton mean?

A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

How popular is the name Sutton in 2025?

Sutton ranked #181 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 1,697 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Sutton?

20,017 babies have been named Sutton in the United States since 1912, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Sutton most popular?

Sutton peaked in 2025, when 2,715 newborns received the name.

Is Sutton a boy or girl name?

Sutton is used for both: about 63% of babies named Sutton have been girls and 37% boys.

Is the name Sutton rising or falling?

Sutton is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Sutton become more popular?

Sutton is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 2,771 girls named Sutton in 2030, which would rank around #89. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Sutton?

Well-known people named Sutton include Sutton Foster (actor).

Names like Sutton

Names that sound and feel close to Sutton: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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