Given name & surname
Sutton
“from the southern town”
Sutton is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the southern town.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the southern town.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
Built from Old English suþ (“south”) + tun (“town”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sutton through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 20,017
- 7,351 boys · 12,666 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 2,715 babies
- 2025
- 2,715
- #181 for girls · #332 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +120%
- Rising fast
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 33% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 1,697 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 181 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 127.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 1,018 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (183). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,619 as a first name in 2020; 86,836 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.
Sutton’s family of names
Sutton has a related form in Sutter. Sutton has a related form in Suttun.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sutton
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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