Sutton

Where Sutton comes from

From Old English suþ (“south”) + tun (“town”). Doublet of Southtown.
— Wiktionary's entry for Sutton
  • From a surname
  • 2 syllables
Sutton through the years
  1. 1888
    Sutton Vane born
    British playwright
  2. 1963
    First appearance
    #2,780 among girls with 20 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1975
    Sutton Foster born
    American actress
  4. 2012
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  5. 2025
    Peak, #181
    1,697 babies named Sutton, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Sutton Foster · American actress, born 1975
  • Sutton Vane · British playwright, 1888–1963
  • Sutton E. Griggs · Novelist, clergyman, social activist, 1872–1933
  • Sutton Stracke · American socialite and television personality, born 1971

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.