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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| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
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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 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Oklahoma#65 · 1 in 330
- Nebraska#76 · 1 in 302
- Kansas#96 · 1 in 399
- Mississippi#119 · 1 in 467
- South Dakota#120 · 1 in 349
Best ever in a state: #36 in North Dakota, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #65 | 45 | 1 in 330 |
| Nebraska | #76 | 24 | 1 in 302 |
| Kansas | #96 | 29 | 1 in 399 |
| Mississippi | #119 | 21 | 1 in 467 |
| South Dakota | #120 | 8 | 1 in 349 |
| Louisiana | #122 | 36 | 1 in 517 |
| North Dakota | #122 | 8 | 1 in 356 |
| South Carolina | #122 | 34 | 1 in 521 |
| Iowa | #124 | 24 | 1 in 487 |
| Missouri | #124 | 47 | 1 in 526 |
| West Virginia | #131 | 13 | 1 in 421 |
| Arkansas | #132 | 21 | 1 in 518 |
| Tennessee | #140 | 50 | 1 in 624 |
| Georgia | #141 | 70 | 1 in 647 |
| Kentucky | #167 | 26 | 1 in 655 |
| Indiana | #168 | 40 | 1 in 710 |
| Colorado | #173 | 32 | 1 in 692 |
| Minnesota | #175 | 32 | 1 in 696 |
| Alabama | #176 | 26 | 1 in 734 |
| Texas | #185 | 159 | 1 in 978 |
| North Carolina | #194 | 52 | 1 in 867 |
| Ohio | #205 | 54 | 1 in 900 |
| Michigan | #209 | 43 | 1 in 891 |
| Idaho | #218 | 9 | 1 in 714 |
| Virginia | #218 | 36 | 1 in 961 |
| Wisconsin | #241 | 22 | 1 in 976 |
| Pennsylvania | #321 | 36 | 1 in 1,355 |
| Utah | #325 | 13 | 1 in 1,302 |
| Washington | #351 | 20 | 1 in 1,476 |
| Florida | #375 | 50 | 1 in 1,672 |
| Arizona | #413 | 16 | 1 in 1,733 |
| Maryland | #429 | 13 | 1 in 1,702 |
| Illinois | #445 | 25 | 1 in 1,936 |
| Oregon | #489 | 7 | 1 in 1,963 |
| Connecticut | #547 | 5 | 1 in 2,404 |
| New Jersey | #592 | 13 | 1 in 2,802 |
| Massachusetts | #674 | 7 | 1 in 3,551 |
| New York | #705 | 23 | 1 in 3,533 |
| California | #820 | 38 | 1 in 4,593 |
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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 2021
Top girls' names in 2021
Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
girls
1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 1,314 of them was named Sutton, which outranked 98.6% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 3,216 of them was named Sutton, which outranked 96.2% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.