How rare is the name Sutton?

7,619 people in the United States have the first name Sutton, about 1 in 39,642. It ranks #2,956 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

SUTTON

#2,956

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,619
About
1 in 39,642
This common or more
81.3%
Who bears it

Of the 7,619 people named Sutton, 89.1% reported their origin as White, 4.9% as two or more races and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 57.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Sutton peaked in 2025, when 2,715 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19122025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
2,715
In 2025*
2,715
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 20,017 babies have been given the name since 1912. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Sutton by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #331. The largest share of babies named Sutton, 87.6%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#8,01122
1960s#8,63256
1970s#15,98724
1980s#9,853103
1990s#5,169378
2000s#3,0521,129
2010s#1,0095,988
2020s#33112,317
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Baby boom 1946–640.2%
Generation X 1965–800.3%
Millennials 1981–961.5%
Generation Z 1997–1210.3%
2013 and later87.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Sutton is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sutton has been most common in South Dakota (3.6×), Oklahoma (2.8×), and Nebraska (2.5×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.14×).

17,603 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Sutton

1 other first name also has 7,619 people.

#2,956 Soraya · 7,619

Either side of Sutton

#2,955 Neva · 7,621#2,956 Soraya · 7,619#2,958 Val · 7,617#2,959 Clement · 7,609

Also a last name

As a last name, Sutton ranks #351 of 156,621, with 86,836 people. See Sutton as a last name

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