Newman
Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
- Peak · boys
- 1895 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,896since 1882
Newman over time
Rank among boys' names. Newman has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,310 | 9 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #2,659 | 13 |
| 1971 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #2,509 | 14 |
| 1969 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | #2,907 | 9 |
| 1967 | #2,242 | 13 |
| 1966 | #2,327 | 12 |
| 1965 | #2,476 | 11 |
| 1964 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #2,539 | 11 |
| 1962 | #2,504 | 11 |
| 1961 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1960 | #2,535 | 11 |
| 1959 | #2,111 | 15 |
| 1958 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #2,375 | 12 |
| 1956 | #2,168 | 14 |
| 1955 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1954 | #2,044 | 15 |
| 1953 | #1,765 | 19 |
| 1952 | #1,547 | 24 |
| 1951 | #2,246 | 12 |
| 1950 | #1,313 | 30 |
| 1949 | #1,872 | 16 |
| 1948 | #1,519 | 23 |
| 1947 | #1,850 | 17 |
| 1946 | #1,813 | 16 |
| 1945 | #1,327 | 25 |
| 1944 | #1,370 | 24 |
| 1943 | #1,577 | 20 |
| 1942 | #1,537 | 21 |
| 1941 | #1,532 | 20 |
| 1940 | #1,736 | 16 |
| 1939 | #1,425 | 22 |
| 1938 | #1,559 | 19 |
| 1937 | #1,403 | 23 |
| 1936 | #1,587 | 18 |
| 1935 | #1,757 | 16 |
| 1934 | #1,293 | 27 |
| 1933 | #1,144 | 33 |
| 1932 | #1,356 | 26 |
| 1931 | #1,170 | 34 |
| 1930 | #1,053 | 43 |
| 1929 | #1,055 | 42 |
| 1928 | #1,254 | 33 |
| 1927 | #1,112 | 41 |
| 1926 | #1,064 | 43 |
| 1925 | #1,073 | 42 |
| 1924 | #1,045 | 46 |
| 1923 | #992 | 49 |
| 1922 | #1,282 | 32 |
| 1921 | #843 | 67 |
| 1920 | #1,004 | 47 |
| 1919 | #1,009 | 45 |
| 1918 | #869 | 58 |
| 1917 | #1,113 | 36 |
| 1916 | #917 | 48 |
| 1915 | #1,054 | 37 |
| 1914 | #819 | 42 |
| 1913 | #995 | 25 |
| 1912 | #1,059 | 19 |
| 1911 | #1,190 | 9 |
| 1910 | #981 | 11 |
| 1909 | #804 | 13 |
| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | #815 | 11 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #786 | 10 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,009 | 6 |
| 1902 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #885 | 7 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #826 | 8 |
| 1895 | #579 | 13 |
| 1894 | #668 | 10 |
| 1893 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | #792 | 8 |
| 1891 | #700 | 8 |
| 1890 | #814 | 7 |
| 1889 | #789 | 7 |
| 1888 | #1,031 | 5 |
| 1887 | #752 | 7 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #836 | 6 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #754 | 7 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Newman! It came in at #754, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1884, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Newman is popular in 1918
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#318 · 1 in 3,127
- Alabama#356 · 1 in 3,277
- Oklahoma#404 · 1 in 3,929
- Louisiana#412 · 1 in 3,444
Best ever in a state: #289 in West Virginia, 1923.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #318 | 7 | 1 in 3,127 |
| Alabama | #356 | 7 | 1 in 3,277 |
| Oklahoma | #404 | 5 | 1 in 3,929 |
| Louisiana | #412 | 5 | 1 in 3,444 |
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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 Newman
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 413 spots in 1909 (#1,217 → #804)
- Biggest drop: 439 spots in 1922 (#843 → #1,282)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1895 at #579 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1897, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1889–1892
- Highest: 1 in 9,030 boys born in 1895 were named Newman (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 344,578 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 23.3% of all boys named Newman (442) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 32 | #752 (1887) | #832 |
| 1890s | 66 | #579 (1895) | #787 |
| 1900s | 56 | #786 (1905) | #1,011 |
| 1910s | 330 | #819 (1914) | #1,001 |
| 1920s | 442 | #843 (1921) | #1,072 |
| 1930s | 261 | #1,053 (1930) | #1,375 |
| 1940s | 198 | #1,327 (1945) | #1,613 |
| 1950s | 163 | #1,313 (1950) | #2,074 |
| 1960s | 109 | #2,242 (1967) | #2,565 |
| 1970s | 73 | #2,509 (1970) | #3,337 |
| 1980s | 55 | #4,973 (1984) | #5,895 |
| 1990s | 44 | #5,771 (1993) | #7,873 |
| 2000s | 32 | #8,310 (2009) | #10,052 |
| 2010s | 30 | #9,600 (2011) | #10,813 |
| 2020s | 5 | #12,349 (2024) | #12,349 |
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.
Newman in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
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1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 17,474 of them was named Newman, which outranked 81.9% 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).