Hutton
Masculine · “settlement on a ridge”
Hutton is given to both — 685 boys and 59 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Hutton is the settlement on the spur of land — the Old English hoh, a heel or ridge — and the same word names a heel.
How old is the name Hutton?
Hutton first appears in US birth records in 1987 — 38 years ago. The typical Hutton is a kid of about 7 — this name's wave is very recent. About 700 people named Hutton are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Hutton most popular?
Hutton peaked in 2025, reaching #2167 nationally. Today it ranks #2167, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From hoh tun to Hutton
The story of Hutton
Hoh named a heel and then, by transfer, a spur of high ground — the same metaphor English still uses for the heel of a boot or a foothill. Dozens of northern English villages are Hutton. James Hutton founded modern geology. The name entered American given-name use recently and is in current use.
Meaning
settlement on a ridge
From the Old English hoh, 'heel', used for a spur or projecting ridge of land, and tun, 'settlement'. Dozens of northern English places are Hutton or Hoo from the element. The elements are ordinary and the reading undisputed.
How the name formed
- hoh tun
- Hutton
Related forms: Hutton · Hutton
Pronouncing Hutton
HUT-un
Two syllables, stress on the first. Said identically in every English accent.
Nicknames for Hutton
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1987
- Most boys named
- 202566 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2167reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +26.9%66 in 2025, from 52
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Hutton in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Hutton in English — same name
- Hutton in Scottish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Tennessee, Texas, Georgia.
Huttons among us
people named Hutton are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 25,880 born in 2025 was named Hutton
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Johndavid test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Hutton's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Johndavid climbed just as high around 1982, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Johndavid's path sketches the road Hutton is walking now.
Hutton sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Hutton is headed
Hutton looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 21% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Hutton beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Hutton in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That a spur of land is named after a heel is a genuinely good metaphor.
- James Hutton, the founder of modern geology, is a first-rate bearer.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- It reads unmistakably as a surname.
- The Hut clipping is unfortunate in English.
- It is very new as a given name.
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Masculine · #2167 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Huttons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Hutton are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Hutton in 2025?
- Hutton ranks #2167 among US boy names in 2025, with 66 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Hutton?
- About 1 in every 25,880 US boys born in 2025 was named Hutton — 66 in all.
- Will my child share the name Hutton with classmates?
- Hutton will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Hutton
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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