Stratton is an English surname and place name from Old English stræt and tun, meaning "settlement on a Roman road". It fits the current taste for two-syllable surnames ending in -ton, such as Easton and Paxton. In the United States Stratton ranked number 3214 in 2000, peaked at number 1964 in 2022 and stands at number 2090 among boys' names in 2025.