Hutton
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- HUT-un
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,167 for boys
Hutton is a name of English origin, meaning “settlement on a hill spur”. In 2025 it ranked 2,167th for boys in the US (66 babies).
What does Hutton mean?
English: surname from a place name
“settlement on a hill spur”
James Hutton, an 18th-century Scottish geologist, is often called the father of modern geology.
Is Hutton a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Hutton has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls and 66 boys in the US.
How popular is Hutton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,167among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 66about 1 in 26,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 66 boys in the US were named Hutton, making it the 2,167th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,342nd. It first appears in the records in 1987. 13 girls were also named Hutton in 2025 (7,883rd for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Hutton of any year since it first appeared, in 1987.
Half of all the boys named Hutton in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 16% of the babies named Hutton in the US were girls.
Hutton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66 | #2,167 |
| 2024 | 52 | #2,559 |
| 2023 | 58 | #2,361 |
| 2022 | 55 | #2,492 |
| 2021 | 52 | #2,522 |
| 2020 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 31 | #3,520 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 31 | #3,512 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
Names like Hutton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hudson Kingston Easton Stetson Colson Tru Chozen Sutton Paxton Boston Axton Grayson
More English names
Lily Evelyn Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hutton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hutton, updated 20 October 2026.