Hutton

Meaning: Ridge settlement
Origin: English surname

Boy's name · #2169 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Hutton is climbing: on the charts since 1987, it reached #2169 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 70 boys given the name last year. Roughly 690 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

In recent years, Hutton ran about 5× its national rate in Tennessee.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 3 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Hutton ranks in other countries and regions.

#2,527 in Canada (2025) · #3,937 in England & Wales (2019).

Famous Huttons

Hutton Gibson — American writer (1918–2020)
Hutton Webster — American sociologist (1875–1955)
Hutton Ayikwei Addy — Ghanaian academic and physician (1930–1996)
Hutton Bremner — British footballer (1912–1969)

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 18,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

James Hutton — Scottish geologist, agriculturalist, chemical manufacturer (1726–1797)
Timothy Hutton — American actor and director (born 1960)
Betty Hutton — American actress (1921–2007)

Similar names: Dael · Luxton · Dutton · Stratton · Olsen · Bowden

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