Unisex name · since 1963
Sutton
Sutton has 12,666 recorded births since 1963 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,448 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #181 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,666
- born since 1963
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sutton currently ranks #181 among unisex names in America, with 12,666 babies recorded since 1963.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sutton has been recorded 12,666 times among girls since 1963, currently ranked #181 nationally and more common than 99% of girls, 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 1963 to 2025.
- #1,448 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #181 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 12,666 born since 1963
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sutton ranks #1,448 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #181 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 12,666 born since 1963, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,448 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #181 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,666
- born since 1963
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sutton's 12,666 recorded births place it above 97.99% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
46 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Sutton compares
12,666 Top 9% higher than 91% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Sutton's all-time total is 34x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sutton | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 12,666 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,697 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sutton's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sutton's full recorded timeline at 2001, 98% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 2% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1971, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 1,697 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sutton popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 1,697
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Sutton popularity over time - boys
7,351 total births recorded since 1912 (Sutton as boys' name)
Sutton by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (8,297 births, 66% of the file).
2020s was Sutton's strongest decade.
8,297 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Sutton births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 56
1960s
56 births
- 1970s 19
1970s
19 births
- 1980s 33
1980s
33 births
- 1990s 137
1990s
137 births
- 2000s 386
2000s
386 births
- 2010s
2010s
3,738 births
- 2020s
2020s
8,297 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 8,297 births (66% of all-time use).
How Sutton compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Sutton's total volume
Sutton by state
Where Sutton concentrates geographically, total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,444 | 11.4% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 605 | 4.8% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 603 | 4.8% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 580 | 4.6% |
| #5 | Tennessee | | 494 | 3.9% |
| #6 | California | | 459 | 3.6% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 450 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Florida | | 414 | 3.3% |
1,444 of 12,666 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 46 reporting states.
Sutton appears in 46 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Sutton's data
- Texas records the most Suttons (1,444 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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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, 1963–2025 (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 Sutton 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.