Newell
Last seen for girls in 1928 at #4,725 · Last seen for boys in 2019 at #8,215
Given to boys 97.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 14 births
- Debut · boys
- 14 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,240since 1881
Newell over time
Rank among boys' names. Newell has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #8,215 | 9 | |
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | #12,108 | 5 | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #12,231 | 5 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,692 | 10 | |
| 2008 | — | #12,553 | 5 | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | #7,139 | 8 | |
| 1998 | — | #7,560 | 7 | |
| 1997 | — | #9,265 | 5 | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | #8,868 | 5 | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | #5,771 | 9 | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #5,521 | 9 | |
| 1990 | — | #5,823 | 8 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,229 | 7 | |
| 1988 | — | #7,270 | 5 | |
| 1987 | — | #6,089 | 6 | |
| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,333 | 9 | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
| 1982 | — | #4,593 | 8 | |
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | #4,134 | 9 | |
| 1979 | — | #5,355 | 6 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,157 | 8 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,386 | 11 | |
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,659 | 9 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,558 | 9 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,606 | 14 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,622 | 8 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,203 | 18 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,794 | 24 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,217 | 15 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,445 | 12 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,974 | 16 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,963 | 16 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,084 | 15 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,040 | 16 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,902 | 18 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,669 | 23 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,148 | 15 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,973 | 17 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,501 | 28 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,593 | 24 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,837 | 19 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,443 | 29 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,339 | 32 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,408 | 29 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,304 | 33 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,136 | 42 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,123 | 41 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,232 | 34 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,462 | 25 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,194 | 36 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,053 | 47 | |
| 1946 | — | #980 | 47 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,163 | 32 | |
| 1944 | — | #898 | 50 | |
| 1943 | — | #837 | 62 | |
| 1942 | — | #910 | 53 | |
| 1941 | — | #850 | 55 | |
| 1940 | — | #862 | 53 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,015 | 39 | |
| 1938 | — | #869 | 51 | |
| 1937 | — | #858 | 51 | |
| 1936 | — | #787 | 60 | |
| 1935 | — | #940 | 45 | |
| 1934 | — | #956 | 44 | |
| 1933 | — | #812 | 58 | |
| 1932 | — | #924 | 49 | |
| 1931 | — | #869 | 54 | |
| 1930 | — | #824 | 62 | |
| 1929 | — | #826 | 62 | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #767 | 71 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #849 | 63 |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #737 | 75 |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | #858 | 60 |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | #823 | 67 |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 | #725 | 81 |
| 1922 | — | #754 | 77 | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #790 | 73 |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | #763 | 75 |
| 1919 | — | #747 | 74 | |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 | #684 | 83 |
| 1917 | — | #699 | 75 | |
| 1916 | #3,031 | 9 | #593 | 96 |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | #642 | 82 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #645 | 61 |
| 1913 | — | #564 | 59 | |
| 1912 | — | #659 | 41 | |
| 1911 | — | #624 | 24 | |
| 1910 | — | #859 | 13 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #744 | 13 | |
| 1907 | — | #664 | 15 | |
| 1906 | — | #852 | 9 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,002 | 7 | |
| 1904 | — | #760 | 10 | |
| 1903 | — | #619 | 13 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
| 1901 | — | #559 | 13 | |
| 1900 | — | #902 | 9 | |
| 1899 | — | #661 | 10 | |
| 1898 | — | #663 | 11 | |
| 1897 | — | #725 | 9 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #795 | 8 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #768 | 8 | |
| 1892 | — | #792 | 8 | |
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | #739 | 8 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #1,031 | 5 | |
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | #694 | 8 | |
| 1885 | — | #765 | 7 | |
| 1884 | — | #701 | 8 | |
| 1883 | — | #597 | 10 | |
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | #460 | 14 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Newell! It came in at #460, and was given to 14 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1889, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Newell is popular in 1897
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Newell
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
- Biggest jump: 394 spots in 1903 (#1,013 → #619)
- Biggest drop: 483 spots in 1882 (#460 → #943)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1881 at #460 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1910–1938
- Highest: 1 in 7,195 boys born in 1881 were named Newell (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 199,357 boys born in 2019 (0.00%)
- 21.7% of all boys named Newell (704) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 62 | #460 (1881) | #764 |
| 1890s | 68 | #661 (1899) | #748 |
| 1900s | 95 | #559 (1901) | #791 |
| 1910s | 608 | #564 (1913) | #672 |
| 1920s | 704 | #725 (1923) | #789 |
| 1930s | 513 | #787 (1936) | #885 |
| 1940s | 460 | #837 (1943) | #1,021 |
| 1950s | 311 | #1,123 (1951) | #1,392 |
| 1960s | 163 | #1,669 (1962) | #2,042 |
| 1970s | 112 | #1,794 (1970) | #3,593 |
| 1980s | 54 | #4,134 (1980) | #5,701 |
| 1990s | 51 | #5,521 (1991) | #7,135 |
| 2000s | 15 | #7,692 (2009) | #10,123 |
| 2010s | 24 | #8,215 (2019) | #11,178 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Newell in 1897
Top boys' names in 1897
More about 1897
boys
112,757 boys got a published name in 1897; 1 in 12,529 of them was named Newell, which outranked 41.0% of the 1,229 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).