Meaning & origin
What it means
Dutton goes back to Old English dūn, meaning “hill.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2018. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dutton through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,501
- 1,456 boys · 45 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 379 babies
- 2025
- 327
- #779 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +4491%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 327 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 779 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (26). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 16,262 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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