# Sutton (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sutton/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “south”, “town” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsʌtən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 20,017 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7,351 / 12,666 (63% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 95, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Old English suþ (“south”) + tun (“town”). Doublet of Southtown.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 73 | 2,509 |
| 2012 | 243 | 1,040 |
| 2013 | 316 | 836 |
| 2014 | 361 | 778 |
| 2015 | 423 | 676 |
| 2016 | 434 | 674 |
| 2017 | 500 | 605 |
| 2018 | 582 | 539 |
| 2019 | 755 | 417 |
| 2020 | 960 | 323 |
| 2021 | 1,249 | 245 |
| 2022 | 1,370 | 217 |
| 2023 | 1,460 | 205 |
| 2024 | 1,561 | 198 |
| 2025 | 1,697 | 181 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 125 | 1,357 |
| 2012 | 161 | 1,143 |
| 2013 | 184 | 1,046 |
| 2014 | 206 | 1,003 |
| 2015 | 217 | 954 |
| 2016 | 246 | 890 |
| 2017 | 279 | 814 |
| 2018 | 292 | 785 |
| 2019 | 420 | 641 |
| 2020 | 479 | 580 |
| 2021 | 544 | 542 |
| 2022 | 567 | 527 |
| 2023 | 698 | 446 |
| 2024 | 714 | 442 |
| 2025 | 1,018 | 332 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1,948 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,705 |
| 2024 | 18 | 1,672 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,546 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,269 |

## People named Sutton

- Sutton Foster, American actress
- Robert Sutton Harrington, American astronomer (1942–1993)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.