Unisex name · since 1987
Hutton
Hutton has 685 recorded births since 1987 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,534 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,178 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 685
- born since 1987
- 2020s
- peak decade
685 babies have been named Hutton since 1987, making it today's #2178 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hutton has been recorded 685 times among boys since 1987, currently ranked #2178 nationally and more common than 84% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2025.
- #6,534 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,178 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 685 born since 1987
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hutton ranks #6,534 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,178 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 685 born since 1987, peaking in the 2020s.
- #6,534 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,178 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 685
- born since 1987
- 2020s
- peak decade
Hutton's 685 recorded births place it above 85.62% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Hutton compares
685 Top 38% higher than 62% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Hutton's all-time total is 86% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hutton | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 685 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 66 | 34 | 22,252 |
Hutton's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Hutton splits its recorded history at 2010: 77% of all births land in the more recent half, 23% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1987 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 66 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Hutton popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 66
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Hutton popularity over time - girls
59 total births recorded since 2011 (Hutton as girls' name)
Hutton by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (316 births, 46% of the file).
2020s was Hutton's strongest decade.
316 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Hutton births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 33
1990s
33 births
- 2000s 119
2000s
119 births
- 2010s
2010s
212 births
- 2020s
2020s
316 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 316 births (46% of all-time use).
How Hutton compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Hutton's total volume
Hutton by state
Where Hutton concentrates geographically, total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 52 | 7.6% |
| #2 | Tennessee | | 45 | 6.6% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 10 | 1.5% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 8 | 1.2% |
| #5 | Arkansas | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.7% |
52 of 685 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Huttons (52 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Hutton: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~38 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1987–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Hutton draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.