Newt
#6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
- Peak · boys
- 1883 · 15 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 852since 1880
Newt over time
Rank among boys' names. Newt 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 | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,803 | 12 |
| 2024 | #5,443 | 17 |
| 2023 | #6,897 | 12 |
| 2022 | #5,874 | 15 |
| 2021 | #5,338 | 17 |
| 2020 | #5,451 | 16 |
| 2019 | #7,173 | 11 |
| 2018 | #4,918 | 19 |
| 2017 | #5,788 | 15 |
| 2016 | #6,726 | 12 |
| 2015 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #7,048 | 11 |
| 2013 | #7,026 | 11 |
| 2012 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,871 | 9 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | #1,890 | 14 |
| 1943 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,029 | 13 |
| 1934 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | #2,178 | 13 |
| 1929 | #2,589 | 10 |
| 1928 | #1,960 | 16 |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #2,012 | 16 |
| 1924 | #2,641 | 11 |
| 1923 | #1,753 | 20 |
| 1922 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1921 | #2,632 | 11 |
| 1920 | #3,489 | 7 |
| 1919 | #1,882 | 17 |
| 1918 | #2,543 | 11 |
| 1917 | #2,091 | 14 |
| 1916 | #1,771 | 17 |
| 1915 | #1,782 | 16 |
| 1914 | #1,342 | 20 |
| 1913 | #1,945 | 9 |
| 1912 | #1,619 | 10 |
| 1911 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #930 | 9 |
| 1906 | #1,004 | 7 |
| 1905 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #794 | 9 |
| 1901 | #943 | 6 |
| 1900 | #902 | 9 |
| 1899 | #857 | 7 |
| 1898 | #663 | 11 |
| 1897 | #681 | 10 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | #907 | 6 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #841 | 6 |
| 1890 | #739 | 8 |
| 1889 | #628 | 10 |
| 1888 | #815 | 7 |
| 1887 | #488 | 13 |
| 1886 | #694 | 8 |
| 1885 | #765 | 7 |
| 1884 | #848 | 6 |
| 1883 | #460 | 15 |
| 1882 | #489 | 14 |
| 1881 | #563 | 10 |
| 1880 | #600 | 10 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Newt was already there! It came in at #600, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1892, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Newt is popular in 1893
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Newt
- 1,360 spots since 2024 (#5,443 → #6,803)
- 1,352 spots since 2020 (#5,451 → #6,803)
- 1,941 spots since 2015 (#8,744 → #6,803)
- Biggest jump: 206 spots in 1887 (#694 → #488)
- Biggest drop: 388 spots in 1884 (#460 → #848)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1883 at #460 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1880–1891
- Highest: 1 in 6,975 boys born in 1883 were named Newt (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 14.1% of all boys named Newt (120) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 100 | #460 (1883) | #635 |
| 1890s | 53 | #663 (1898) | #823 |
| 1900s | 46 | #794 (1902) | #944 |
| 1910s | 120 | #1,342 (1914) | #1,835 |
| 1920s | 110 | #1,753 (1923) | #2,570 |
| 1930s | 83 | #2,029 (1935) | #2,631 |
| 1940s | 54 | #1,890 (1944) | #2,925 |
| 1950s | 44 | #2,844 (1951) | #3,395 |
| 1960s | 26 | #2,871 (1960) | #3,584 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 12 | #7,422 (1992) | #7,596 |
| 2000s | 11 | #9,948 (2004) | #10,149 |
| 2010s | 104 | #4,918 (2018) | #8,127 |
| 2020s | 89 | #5,338 (2021) | #5,968 |
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.
Newt in 1893
Top boys' names in 1893
More about 1893
boys
112,318 boys got a published name in 1893; 1 in 18,720 of them was named Newt, which outranked 23.1% of the 1,179 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 36.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).