Hinton
Below 5 births
Below 5 births
About Hinton
A cool, almost wintery sounding name that may appeal to those who like Linden, Anton, Hampton, and Hutton, Hinton is an Old English surname referring to a town or settlement in a high place. Notably borne as a last name by computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton and writer S.E Hinton, it is also the name of a number of places in the UK, the US, Canada, and Australia.
Hinton for boys
Other bearers of the name include the actor and dance teacher Hinton Battle, and the bacteriologist and first Black professor at Harvard, William Augustus Hinton. Used occasionally as a given name in the US, it was chosen for 5 boys in a recent year.
Hinton for girls
A rare and intriguing last-name possibility, Hinton could stand out to those looking for alternatives to Winter, Sutton, Hayden, and Brinley. Derived from Old English, it means "high town" or "high settlement", perhaps chosen originally for those who lived on a hill.
Notably borne by writer S.E Hinton and actress Jerrika Hinton, the name has been used quietly for boys in the US since at least the 20th-century, though it has yet to enter the stats for girls. Content creators Lunden and Olivia Stallings did however give this name to their daughter, born in 2026.
Pronounced HIN-tun.
As of November 2026, Hinton ranked #12947 for boys in US births in 2024 SSA, peaked at #1462 for boys in 1911.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |