Sutton
- Pronunciation
- [Su-tton]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- From The South Farm
- Origin
- English
About the Name Sutton
Sutton is an English place-name surname of Old English origin, built from suþ (south) and tūn (farm, settlement, or estate) — meaning "from the south farm" or "southern settlement." It was among the most common place-name elements in Anglo-Saxon England, giving rise to dozens of villages named Sutton across the country, and the resulting surname spread widely. As a given name, Sutton joins the robust American tradition of place-derived occupational surnames — Preston, Clayton, Morton — moving into the first-name position, where their Anglo-Saxon solidity and two-syllable strength make them feel both distinguished and approachable.
Sutton first entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 2015 for boys and has climbed steadily, reaching its best rank of #441 in 2024 with 712 births — the peak is ongoing, meaning the name continues its ascent. The 2023 figure of 698 births at #446 and 2022's 566 births at #527 confirm consistent year-on-year growth. Total top-1000 births across its ten-year run stand at 4,453, with the bulk concentrated in the most recent years.
Sutton's appeal fits precisely into the 2010s–2020s boom in preppy Anglo-Saxon surname names for boys. It has a polished, coastal feel — the kind of name associated with New England boarding schools and Southern country clubs — while remaining accessible and easy to pronounce. Its clean two-syllable structure, strong consonant frame, and unambiguous English heritage make it one of the more convincing recent arrivals in the surname-name category. No spelling variants are currently in common use.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Sutton
US Popularity History (2013–2025)
Annual US births named Sutton by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2025 with 1,697 girls named Sutton (girl rank #181 that year).
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Sutton Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Sutton the strongest states are South Dakota, Oklahoma, Nebraska.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Dakota | #131 | 73 |
| 2 | Oklahoma | #132 | 290 |
| 3 | Nebraska | #134 | 173 |
| 4 | North Dakota | #157 | 62 |
| 5 | Montana | #161 | 21 |
| 6 | West Virginia | #169 | 86 |
| 7 | Kansas | #203 | 193 |
| 8 | New Hampshire | #205 | 21 |
| 9 | Arkansas | #211 | 187 |
| 10 | Tennessee | #211 | 388 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts | #769 | 46 |
| 2 | California | #747 | 223 |
| 3 | New York | #709 | 96 |
| 4 | New Jersey | #585 | 42 |
| 5 | Florida | #572 | 301 |
| 6 | Connecticut | #536 | 24 |
| 7 | Maryland | #536 | 101 |
| 8 | Nevada | #529 | 17 |
| 9 | Arizona | #523 | 124 |
| 10 | Illinois | #493 | 241 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Sutton in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Sutton against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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