Sutton
Top 1000
About Sutton
Sutton is a habitational surname propelled to popularity by Tony-winning Broadway actress Sutton Foster, who's also the star of Hulu's Younger -- based on a novel written by Nameberry co-creator Pamela Redmond.
Rare as a first name before Foster rose to stardom, Sutton has been rising for the past decade through the Top 1000 for both girls and boys. It's given about twice as often to baby girls as to boys, but it's become popular for both.
Pronounced SUT-un.
As of October 2026, Sutton ranked #181 in US births in 2025 SSA, Nameberry popularity #319.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #778 | 361 | 202.1 |
| 2015 | #676 | 423 | 237 |
| 2016 | #674 | 434 | 244.9 |
| 2017 | #605 | 500 | 289.6 |
| 2018 | #539 | 582 | 342.1 |
| 2019 | #417 | 755 | 449.8 |
| 2020 | #324 | 959 | 593.2 |
| 2021 | #245 | 1,249 | 761.2 |
| 2022 | #217 | 1,370 | 835.3 |
| 2023 | #205 | 1,459 | 909.3 |
| 2024 | #197 | 1,559 | 962.2 |
| 2025 | #181 | 1,697 | 1,055.8 |
World rankings
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Sutton on lists
Famous Suttons
- Sutton Lenore Foster
American actress and singer
- Sutton Crawford
American actress
- Sutton Jayne Edmonds
daughter of baseball player Jim Edmonds; stepdaughter of TV personality Meghan O'Toole King of "The Real Housewives of Orange County"
Sutton in pop culture
- Sutton Mercer
character in The Lying Game series
- Sutton Hoo
archeological site in England
- Sutton Brady
Character in The Bold Type TV Show (Freeform)
- Stevie Sutton
character in British sitcom 'Miranda'