Mostly girls · peaked in 2025
Sutton name popularity since 1925
19,995 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Sutton (63.3% girls, 36.7% boys). Half of them were born in 2021 or earlier, so the typical Sutton is about 5 years old in 2026. Sutton peaked in 2025 as the #181 name for girls, and it ranked #181 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 19,995
- Named Sutton, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #181
- for girls in 2025 (1,697 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 63.3% girls
- 12,666 girls · 7,329 boys
- Most popular in
- Oklahoma
- 2.90× its national share
Peak year is the year Sutton made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Sutton births per year, 1925–2025
2025 was the biggest year for Sutton both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2016 and 2021, Sutton became 3.1× more common, from 1 in 4,080 baby girls to 1 in 1,310.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Sutton's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Sutton.
Decade by decade
Babies named Sutton in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 56 | 0 | #4,174 |
| 1970s | 19 | 5 | Under 5 |
| 1980s | 33 | 70 | #8,229 |
| 1990s | 137 | 241 | #10,410 |
| 2000s | 386 | 743 | #3,719 |
| 2010s | 3,738 | 2,250 | #676 |
| 2020–25 | 8,297 | 4,020 | #181 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
87.7% of babies named Sutton from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Sutton is most popular
The index compares Sutton's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Sutton.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 2.90× | 674 |
| Nebraska | 2.67× | 333 |
| Kansas | 2.29× | 416 |
| Tennessee | 2.28× | 855 |
| Arkansas | 2.11× | 386 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Sutton's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Sutton.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Sutton (2025).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data