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

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Peak · boys
1881 · 14 births
Debut · boys
14 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,240
since 1881

Newell over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Newell has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #460, 1881boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019#8,2159
2018#12,1565
2017
2016
2015
2014#12,1085
2013
2012
2011
2010#12,2315
2009#7,69210
2008#12,5535
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999#7,1398
1998#7,5607
1997#9,2655
1996
1995#8,8685
1994
1993#5,7719
1992
1991#5,5219
1990#5,8238
1989#6,2297
1988#7,2705
1987#6,0896
1986#6,7215
1985#4,3339
1984
1983#6,2385
1982#4,5938
1981
1980#4,1349
1979#5,3556
1978#4,1578
1977#3,38611
1976#5,5875
1975#3,6599
1974#3,5589
1973#2,60614
1972#3,6228
1971#2,20318
1970#1,79424
1969#2,21715
1968#2,44512
1967#1,97416
1966#1,96316
1965#2,08415
1964#2,04016
1963#1,90218
1962#1,66923
1961#2,14815
1960#1,97317
1959#1,50128
1958#1,59324
1957#1,83719
1956#1,44329
1955#1,33932
1954#1,40829
1953#1,30433
1952#1,13642
1951#1,12341
1950#1,23234
1949#1,46225
1948#1,19436
1947#1,05347
1946#98047
1945#1,16332
1944#89850
1943#83762
1942#91053
1941#85055
1940#86253
1939#1,01539
1938#86951
1937#85851
1936#78760
1935#94045
1934#95644
1933#81258
1932#92449
1931#86954
1930#82462
1929#82662
1928#4,7255#76771
1927#4,2866#84963
1926#4,8515#73775
1925#4,0287#85860
1924#4,4346#82367
1923#3,3509#72581
1922#75477
1921#5,0995#79073
1920#4,3986#76375
1919#74774
1918#3,2449#68483
1917#69975
1916#3,0319#59396
1915#3,7956#64282
1914#3,1886#64561
1913#56459
1912#65941
1911#62424
1910#85913
1909
1908#74413
1907#66415
1906#8529
1905#1,0027
1904#76010
1903#61913
1902#1,0136
1901#55913
1900#9029
1899#66110
1898#66311
1897#7259
1896
1895#7958
1894
1893#7688
1892#7928
1891#8416
1890#7398
1889
1888#1,0315
1887#9215
1886#6948
1885#7657
1884#7018
1883#59710
1882#9435
1881#46014
1880
First appearance
1881

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.

See more about Newell
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
  • Biggest jump: 394 spots in 1903 (#1,013#619)
  • Biggest drop: 483 spots in 1882 (#460#943)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1881 at #460 (14 births)
  • Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 57 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1910–1938
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,195
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 21.7% of all boys named Newell (704) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s62#460 (1881)#764
1890s68#661 (1899)#748
1900s95#559 (1901)#791
1910s608#564 (1913)#672
1920s704#725 (1923)#789
1930s513#787 (1936)#885
1940s460#837 (1943)#1,021
1950s311#1,123 (1951)#1,392
1960s163#1,669 (1962)#2,042
1970s112#1,794 (1970)#3,593
1980s54#4,134 (1980)#5,701
1990s51#5,521 (1991)#7,135
2000s15#7,692 (2009)#10,123
2010s24#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 1918

girls
#3,244
9 births · 1 in 128,626 girls
boys
#684
83 births · 1 in 12,211 boys

Top girls' names in 1918

  1. #1Mary67,365
  2. #2Helen36,148
  3. #3Dorothy32,030
  4. #4Margaret27,139
  5. #5Ruth25,535
  6. #6Mildred17,258
  7. #7Virginia16,421
  8. #8Frances16,132
  9. #9Elizabeth15,853
  10. #10Anna15,666
  11. #3,244Newell9

Top boys' names in 1918

  1. #1John56,558
  2. #2William45,291
  3. #3James42,115
  4. #4Robert40,619
  5. #5Charles26,921
  6. #6George26,318
  7. #7Joseph26,261
  8. #8Edward19,489
  9. #9Frank17,018
  10. #10Thomas13,910
  11. #684Newell83
More about 1918

girls

1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 128,626 of them was named Newell, which outranked 41.9% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Newell
  1. #3,024Wladyslawa10
  2. #3,024Wynette10
  3. #3,024Wyona10
  4. #3,244Newell9
  5. #3,244Adair9
  6. #3,244Adelena9
  7. #3,244Adena9
  8. #3,512Adalyn8
  9. #3,512Akiko8
  10. #3,512Alaine8

Tied with 267 names at #3,244; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 547Jesse#1,507#960
  2. 494Liberty#1,079#585
  3. 389Marilynn#1,337#948
  4. 312Margueritte#1,281#969
  5. 306Syble#807#501
Fallers
  1. 447Valentine#964#1,411
  2. 428Ottie#952#1,380
  3. 354Delora#923#1,277
  4. 318Georgene#896#1,214
  5. 299Clifford#904#1,203

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 12,211 of them was named Newell, which outranked 85.8% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Newell
  1. #679Franklyn84
  2. #679Norval84
  3. #679Sherwood84
  4. #684Newell83
  5. #684Beverly83
  6. #684Evert83
  7. #684Gaston83
  8. #692Bryant82
  9. #692Crawford82
  10. #692Ellwood82

Tied with 7 names at #684; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 600Quinton#1,092#492
  2. 542Pershing#876#334
  3. 480Quentin#723#243
  4. 440Issac#1,264#824
  5. 339Furman#1,092#753
Fallers
  1. 473Bernhard#900#1,373
  2. 424Edson#919#1,343
  3. 394Gasper#919#1,313
  4. 352Berton#934#1,286
  5. 346Ishmael#997#1,343

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1918