Newton
Last seen for girls in 1922 at #5,009 · #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 70 births
- Debut · boys
- 70 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,177since 1880
Newton over time
Rank among boys' names. Newton has never cracked the top 100 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 | — | #5,861 | 15 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,896 | 28 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,220 | 25 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,995 | 27 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,011 | 26 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,811 | 27 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,571 | 31 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,106 | 37 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,781 | 28 | |
| 2016 | — | #5,318 | 17 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,982 | 26 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,538 | 21 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,064 | 24 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,720 | 15 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,675 | 15 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,047 | 18 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,035 | 25 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,540 | 21 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,793 | 27 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,520 | 20 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,326 | 20 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,492 | 14 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,815 | 16 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,919 | 15 | |
| 2001 | — | #7,536 | 8 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,204 | 18 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,376 | 23 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,413 | 15 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,601 | 19 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,406 | 20 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,191 | 21 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,123 | 38 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,865 | 24 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,747 | 25 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,406 | 29 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,309 | 18 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,989 | 20 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,765 | 20 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,641 | 20 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,962 | 30 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,504 | 20 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,159 | 24 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,912 | 15 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,269 | 22 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,942 | 28 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,536 | 19 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,943 | 27 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,134 | 22 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,131 | 22 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,932 | 25 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,884 | 25 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,747 | 27 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,548 | 31 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,364 | 38 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,415 | 36 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,494 | 32 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,376 | 34 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,393 | 31 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,231 | 37 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,345 | 32 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,226 | 39 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,172 | 43 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,228 | 40 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,137 | 46 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,179 | 45 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,083 | 51 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,068 | 52 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,114 | 47 | |
| 1957 | — | #957 | 63 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,019 | 54 | |
| 1955 | — | #855 | 74 | |
| 1954 | — | #933 | 63 | |
| 1953 | — | #989 | 53 | |
| 1952 | — | #932 | 58 | |
| 1951 | — | #833 | 71 | |
| 1950 | — | #772 | 78 | |
| 1949 | — | #923 | 56 | |
| 1948 | — | #729 | 85 | |
| 1947 | — | #769 | 80 | |
| 1946 | — | #729 | 80 | |
| 1945 | — | #749 | 67 | |
| 1944 | — | #687 | 82 | |
| 1943 | — | #662 | 94 | |
| 1942 | — | #606 | 108 | |
| 1941 | — | #671 | 83 | |
| 1940 | — | #758 | 66 | |
| 1939 | — | #617 | 89 | |
| 1938 | — | #656 | 83 | |
| 1937 | — | #588 | 96 | |
| 1936 | — | #669 | 78 | |
| 1935 | — | #618 | 90 | |
| 1934 | — | #592 | 99 | |
| 1933 | — | #543 | 110 | |
| 1932 | — | #545 | 116 | |
| 1931 | — | #523 | 122 | |
| 1930 | — | #618 | 99 | |
| 1929 | — | #543 | 117 | |
| 1928 | — | #500 | 145 | |
| 1927 | — | #512 | 141 | |
| 1926 | — | #506 | 144 | |
| 1925 | — | #492 | 152 | |
| 1924 | — | #476 | 169 | |
| 1923 | — | #491 | 156 | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #473 | 169 |
| 1921 | — | #471 | 169 | |
| 1920 | — | #437 | 190 | |
| 1919 | — | #404 | 208 | |
| 1918 | — | #411 | 203 | |
| 1917 | — | #436 | 170 | |
| 1916 | — | #400 | 192 | |
| 1915 | — | #459 | 143 | |
| 1914 | — | #444 | 118 | |
| 1913 | — | #423 | 103 | |
| 1912 | — | #421 | 86 | |
| 1911 | — | #446 | 43 | |
| 1910 | — | #430 | 40 | |
| 1909 | — | #545 | 23 | |
| 1908 | — | #452 | 29 | |
| 1907 | — | #385 | 34 | |
| 1906 | — | #363 | 33 | |
| 1905 | — | #365 | 32 | |
| 1904 | — | #492 | 19 | |
| 1903 | — | #370 | 27 | |
| 1902 | — | #308 | 39 | |
| 1901 | — | #325 | 30 | |
| 1900 | — | #292 | 50 | |
| 1899 | — | #300 | 34 | |
| 1898 | — | #360 | 29 | |
| 1897 | — | #311 | 35 | |
| 1896 | — | #323 | 34 | |
| 1895 | — | #316 | 33 | |
| 1894 | — | #308 | 32 | |
| 1893 | — | #256 | 47 | |
| 1892 | — | #265 | 46 | |
| 1891 | — | #269 | 36 | |
| 1890 | — | #250 | 46 | |
| 1889 | — | #281 | 36 | |
| 1888 | — | #245 | 50 | |
| 1887 | — | #247 | 41 | |
| 1886 | — | #200 | 66 | |
| 1885 | — | #203 | 61 | |
| 1884 | — | #265 | 41 | |
| 1883 | — | #197 | 59 | |
| 1882 | — | #207 | 61 | |
| 1881 | — | #208 | 53 | |
| 1880 | — | #180 | 70 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Newton was already there! It came in at #180, and was given to 70 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2001, when fewer than 9 boys a year got the name.
Where Newton is popular in 1922
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#241 · 1 in 2,050
- Louisiana#249 · 1 in 1,645
- South Carolina#288 · 1 in 2,613
- Oklahoma#309 · 1 in 2,456
- Texas#369 · 1 in 2,755
Best ever in a state: #167 in Connecticut, 1926.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #241 | 12 | 1 in 2,050 |
| Louisiana | #249 | 12 | 1 in 1,645 |
| South Carolina | #288 | 8 | 1 in 2,613 |
| Oklahoma | #309 | 9 | 1 in 2,456 |
| Texas | #369 | 19 | 1 in 2,755 |
| Georgia | #375 | 8 | 1 in 3,846 |
| Alabama | #394 | 7 | 1 in 3,820 |
| Missouri | #394 | 6 | 1 in 4,695 |
| Mississippi | #400 | 5 | 1 in 3,854 |
| Pennsylvania | #433 | 8 | 1 in 10,872 |
| New York | #467 | 8 | 1 in 11,610 |
| Kentucky | #489 | 5 | 1 in 5,185 |
| Illinois | #497 | 5 | 1 in 11,098 |
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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 Newton
- 1,965 spots since 2024 (#3,896 → #5,861)
- 2,050 spots since 2020 (#3,811 → #5,861)
- 1,879 spots since 2015 (#3,982 → #5,861)
- Biggest jump: 151 spots in 1950 (#923 → #772)
- Biggest drop: 194 spots in 1949 (#729 → #923)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #180 (70 births)
- Births halved by 1894, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 77 yrs · run 1880–1955
- Highest: 1 in 1,578 boys born in 1880 were named Newton (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 113,872 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 19.0% of all boys named Newton (1,552) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 538 | #180 (1880) | #223 |
| 1890s | 372 | #250 (1890) | #296 |
| 1900s | 316 | #292 (1900) | #390 |
| 1910s | 1,306 | #400 (1916) | #427 |
| 1920s | 1,552 | #437 (1920) | #490 |
| 1930s | 982 | #523 (1931) | #597 |
| 1940s | 801 | #606 (1942) | #728 |
| 1950s | 613 | #772 (1950) | #947 |
| 1960s | 398 | #1,083 (1960) | #1,237 |
| 1970s | 285 | #1,364 (1972) | #1,759 |
| 1980s | 218 | #1,942 (1981) | #2,468 |
| 1990s | 232 | #2,123 (1994) | #3,144 |
| 2000s | 184 | #3,793 (2007) | #4,818 |
| 2010s | 232 | #3,106 (2018) | #4,480 |
| 2020s | 148 | #3,811 (2020) | #4,299 |
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.
Newton in 1922
Top girls' names in 1922
Top boys' names in 1922
More about 1922
girls
1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 240,201 of them was named Newton, which outranked 13.5% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 780 names at #5,009; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 6,439 of them was named Newton, which outranked 90.5% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).