Dutton
Dutton was the 779th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 327 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 728th with 366 babies. More babies were named Dutton in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning hill farm (English place name) · English, Old English
Say it DUT-un /ˈdʌtən/
- Rank in 2025
- #779 boys, up 3,071 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 327boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2023366 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,501babies recorded
What does the name Dutton mean?
Dutton is an English surname from places called Dutton. Wiktionary notes that Dutton in Cheshire comes from Old English dūn 'hill' and tūn 'enclosure, settlement', while Dutton in Lancashire is from a personal name Dudda plus tūn. As a first name it is very recent: it appears in SSA data from 2018, the year after the TV drama Yellowstone, about the Dutton ranching family, premiered.
dūn (Old English, “hill”)tūn (Old English, “enclosure, settlement”)
How sure is this? Well established. The link to Yellowstone is an inference from timing.
Related names: Dalton, Sutton.
See also: English names, names from places.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Dutton', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (our computation), SSA (public domain)
Dutton popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 45 since 2021.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #779 | 327 |
| 2020 | #3,850 | 27 |
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How popular is Dutton, counting every spelling?
Dutton has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #761 for boys in 2025, against #779 on the official list.
How many kids will share the name Dutton?
327 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Dutton (0.09 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Dutton born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 26 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Dutton.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Dutton?
About 1,400 people born in the US named Dutton are alive today, with a median age of 3; half are between 2 and 4. That makes Dutton a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Dutton by state
How common Dutton was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Nebraska (4.5×), Oklahoma (3.7×), Arkansas (3.5×), Kansas (3.3×), Louisiana (2.9×). In 19 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Dutton: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Dutton, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Dutton · Sibling names for Dutton
Questions about the name Dutton
What does Dutton mean?
Dutton means “hill farm (English place name)” (English, Old English origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Dutton?
Dutton was the 779th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 327 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 728th with 366 babies. More babies were named Dutton in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Dutton a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Dutton in the US.
Where is Dutton most popular?
In 2021–2025, Dutton was most common in Nebraska (0.74 per 1,000 boys), followed by Oklahoma and Arkansas.