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
#460
1881 · 14 births
Debut · boys
1881
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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201942peak #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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rankbirthsrankbirths
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2019—#8,2159
2018—#12,1565
2017——
2016——
2015——
2014—#12,1085
2013——
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2011——
2010—#12,2315
2009—#7,69210
2008—#12,5535
2007——
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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
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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
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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.

Where Newell is popular in 1942

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedHITexas: #659 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 8,807 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Newell, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#659 · 1 in 8,807

Best ever in a state: #103 in Utah, 1916.

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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1942

boys
#910
53 births · 1 in 26,060 boys

Top boys' names in 1942

  1. #1James77,182
  2. #2Robert71,845
  3. #3John66,043
  4. #4William54,890
  5. #5Richard43,593
  6. #6David35,905
  7. #7Charles35,854
  8. #8Thomas31,100
  9. #9Ronald27,138
  10. #10Donald23,955
  11. #910Newell53
More about 1942

boys

1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 26,060 of them was named Newell, which outranked 77.5% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Newell
  1. #900Margarito54
  2. #900Susan54
  3. #900Williams54
  4. #910Newell53
  5. #910Bertrand53
  6. #910Cedric53
  7. #910Cleve53
  8. #923Bernice52
  9. #923Elizabeth52
  10. #923Ezell52

Tied with 12 names at #910; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,993Macarthur#3,505 → #512
  2. ↑ 1,546Mcarthur#1,903 → #357
  3. ↑ 655Collin#1,588 → #933
  4. ↑ 514Delmas#1,254 → #740
  5. ↑ 390Colin#713 → #323
Fallers
  1. ↓ 525Otho#971 → #1,496
  2. ↓ 440Florian#918 → #1,358
  3. ↓ 421Martha#960 → #1,381
  4. ↓ 407Watson#951 → #1,358
  5. ↓ 371Gaylen#987 → #1,358

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

See the top 100 for 1942 →