Sutton
#181 for girls in 2025, 1,697 births · #332 for boys in 2025, 1,018 births
Given to girls 63.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 1,697 births
- Debut · girls
- 20 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 12,666since 1963
Sutton over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #181 | 1,697 | #332 | 1,018 |
| 2024 | #198 | 1,561 | #441 | 714 |
| 2023 | #205 | 1,460 | #446 | 698 |
| 2022 | #217 | 1,370 | #523 | 567 |
| 2021 | #245 | 1,249 | #542 | 544 |
| 2020 | #323 | 960 | #578 | 479 |
| 2019 | #417 | 755 | #641 | 420 |
| 2018 | #539 | 582 | #784 | 292 |
| 2017 | #605 | 500 | #811 | 279 |
| 2016 | #672 | 434 | #888 | 246 |
| 2015 | #674 | 423 | #951 | 217 |
| 2014 | #778 | 361 | #999 | 206 |
| 2013 | #835 | 316 | #1,043 | 184 |
| 2012 | #1,040 | 243 | #1,135 | 161 |
| 2011 | #2,483 | 73 | #1,350 | 125 |
| 2010 | #3,203 | 51 | #1,390 | 120 |
| 2009 | #3,252 | 51 | #1,409 | 120 |
| 2008 | #3,478 | 47 | #1,211 | 145 |
| 2007 | #3,786 | 42 | #1,387 | 118 |
| 2006 | #3,414 | 47 | #1,967 | 68 |
| 2005 | #3,646 | 40 | #1,854 | 69 |
| 2004 | #3,989 | 35 | #2,164 | 54 |
| 2003 | #3,187 | 46 | #1,906 | 61 |
| 2002 | #3,889 | 33 | #2,632 | 36 |
| 2001 | #4,688 | 25 | #2,931 | 31 |
| 2000 | #5,491 | 20 | #2,330 | 41 |
| 1999 | #4,445 | 25 | #2,199 | 42 |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 | #2,552 | 33 |
| 1997 | #5,417 | 18 | #2,546 | 31 |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 | #3,293 | 21 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | #3,020 | 23 |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | #2,444 | 31 |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 | #3,501 | 18 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #4,564 | 12 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | #3,636 | 16 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #3,971 | 14 |
| 1989 | — | #6,229 | 7 | |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #3,070 | 15 |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | — | |
| 1983 | — | #5,484 | 6 | |
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| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
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| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | — | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | — | |
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| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,780 | 20 | — | |
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| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
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| 1917 | — | #3,981 | 5 | |
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| 1914 | — | #3,264 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Sutton! It came in at #2,780, and was given to 20 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1968–1969, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Sutton is popular in 2017
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- North Dakota#182 · 1 in 510
- Oklahoma#205 · 1 in 829
- Nebraska#206 · 1 in 714
- West Virginia#277 · 1 in 977
- Tennessee#301 · 1 in 1,224
Best ever in a state: #36 in North Dakota, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #182 | 6 | 1 in 510 |
| Oklahoma | #205 | 19 | 1 in 829 |
| Nebraska | #206 | 11 | 1 in 714 |
| West Virginia | #277 | 6 | 1 in 977 |
| Tennessee | #301 | 25 | 1 in 1,224 |
| Louisiana | #305 | 17 | 1 in 1,170 |
| Mississippi | #343 | 9 | 1 in 1,214 |
| Kansas | #357 | 9 | 1 in 1,333 |
| Alabama | #368 | 13 | 1 in 1,475 |
| North Carolina | #371 | 28 | 1 in 1,621 |
| Kentucky | #389 | 11 | 1 in 1,626 |
| Oregon | #392 | 9 | 1 in 1,611 |
| Iowa | #394 | 8 | 1 in 1,557 |
| South Carolina | #427 | 10 | 1 in 1,776 |
| Missouri | #429 | 14 | 1 in 1,855 |
| Michigan | #441 | 20 | 1 in 2,063 |
| Indiana | #464 | 15 | 1 in 2,007 |
| Georgia | #487 | 21 | 1 in 2,244 |
| Arkansas | #492 | 6 | 1 in 1,873 |
| Ohio | #508 | 22 | 1 in 2,353 |
| Wisconsin | #559 | 9 | 1 in 2,509 |
| Virginia | #570 | 13 | 1 in 2,772 |
| Texas | #603 | 52 | 1 in 3,074 |
| Pennsylvania | #606 | 17 | 1 in 3,008 |
| Illinois | #644 | 17 | 1 in 3,267 |
| Maryland | #646 | 8 | 1 in 2,909 |
| Arizona | #701 | 9 | 1 in 3,341 |
| Massachusetts | #747 | 6 | 1 in 4,200 |
| Minnesota | #756 | 6 | 1 in 3,987 |
| Washington | #946 | 6 | 1 in 5,178 |
| Florida | #956 | 15 | 1 in 5,731 |
| California | #1,353 | 20 | 1 in 9,788 |
| New York | #1,719 | 7 | 1 in 12,571 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Sutton
- 17 spots since 2024 (#198 → #181)
- 142 spots since 2020 (#323 → #181)
- 493 spots since 2015 (#674 → #181)
- Biggest jump: 205 spots in 2013 (#1,040 → #835)
- Debuted 1963
- Peaked 2025 at #181 (1,697 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 2013–2025
- Highest: 1 in 947 girls born in 2025 were named Sutton (0.11%)
- 65.5% of all girls named Sutton (8,297) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2011, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 56 | #2,780 (1963) | #4,375 |
| 1970s | 19 | #5,818 (1970) | #7,145 |
| 1980s | 33 | #7,563 (1985) | #9,213 |
| 1990s | 137 | #4,445 (1999) | #7,021 |
| 2000s | 386 | #3,187 (2003) | #3,882 |
| 2010s | 3,738 | #417 (2019) | #1,125 |
| 2020s | 8,297 | #181 (2025) | #228 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Sutton in 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 3,453 of them was named Sutton, which outranked 96.7% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 6,634 of them was named Sutton, which outranked 94.3% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).