Sutton

What Sutton means

Means “south + town”

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

Source: Wiktionary, “Sutton” (revision 93411283), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Sutton?

US: Rising: up from #674 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 1,697 girls got the name (#181 that year). First in the US records in 1963.

How common

• About 1 in 947 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 36,183 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in SD (5.9 per 1,000 girls), ND (4.07 per 1,000 girls), AR (3.49 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Sutton is #181 in the US and #3333 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 62.5% of US babies named Sutton were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the UK pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Suttyn54 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Sutton

Girls

• Blakely#191Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #191 vs #1,407 in 2025
• Carter#454“son of Arthur”^*
• Sawyer#290“one who saws”^*
• Oakley#156“oak + woodland clearing, glade”^*
• Ellis#682“benevolent, kind”^*
• Quinn#97“descendant of Chief”^*

For a brother

• Hayes#162“brushwood”^*
• Ford#474Editor’s note Up from #741 in 2015 to #474 in 2025 in the US
• Callan#190“descendant of Cathalán”^*
• Oakley#454“oak + woodland clearing, glade”^*
• Ellis#243“benevolent, kind”^*
• Fletcher#545“arrow-maker”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Sutton’s. Rank is US 2025.