Sutter
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SUT-er
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,582 for boys
Sutter is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “shoemaker”. In 2025 it ranked 3,582nd for boys in the US (31 babies).
What does Sutter mean?
English: occupational surname from Latin sutor
“shoemaker”
Gold found at John Sutter's sawmill in 1848 set off the California Gold Rush.
Is Sutter a girl's or a boy's name?
Sutter is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sutter in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,582nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 31 about 1 in 55,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 31 boys in the US were named Sutter, making it the 3,582nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,017th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 48 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the boys named Sutter in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sutter in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #3,582 |
| 2024 | 30 | #3,691 |
| 2023 | 31 | #3,627 |
| 2022 | 27 | #3,992 |
| 2021 | 31 | #3,579 |
| 2020 | 25 | #4,017 |
| 2019 | 48 | #2,655 |
| 2018 | 31 | #3,520 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,122 |
| 2016 | 44 | #2,725 |
| 2015 | 41 | #2,863 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,369 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
Names like Sutter
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Archer, Wilder, Karter, Ledger, River, Baker, Wylder, Walker, Shepherd, Colter, Gunner, Cooper
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, 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, “Sutter: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sutter, updated 20 October 2026.