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Sutton

Sutton: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“south settlement”
Origin
Old English
Say it
SUT-un · 2 syllables
Used for
Both (63% girls, 37% boys since 1880)

An English surname and place name from Old English suth 'south' and tun 'enclosure, settlement'. Its use as a first name comes from surname-style naming.

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How popular is Sutton?

2024682 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Sutton in 20242,271

2024 rank#196 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 188017,295

Sutton is rising: use over the last five years is 5.7× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Sutton

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Oakleyoak clearing · Old English
  • PeytonPæga's town · Old English
  • Harleyhare meadow · Old English
  • Leightonsettlement by a meadow · Old English
  • Kingsleyking's meadow · Old English
  • Berkleybirch wood clearing · Old English
  • Ripleystrip of clearing in the woods · Old English
  • Marlowdriftwood hill · Old English

Sutton questions

What does the name Sutton mean?

Sutton means "south settlement". It comes from Old English. An English surname and place name from Old English suth 'south' and tun 'enclosure, settlement'. Its use as a first name comes from surname-style naming.

Is Sutton a boy or girl name?

Sutton is used for both: about 63% of US babies named Sutton since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Sutton?

2,271 US babies were named Sutton in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Sutton?

Sutton is usually pronounced SUT-un.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.