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

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Peak · boys
1880 · 70 births
Debut · boys
70 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
8,177
since 1880

Newton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Newton has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201929peak #180, 1880boys
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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#5,86115
2024#3,89628
2023#4,22025
2022#3,99527
2021#4,01126
2020#3,81127
2019#3,57131
2018#3,10637
2017#3,78128
2016#5,31817
2015#3,98226
2014#4,53821
2013#4,06424
2012#5,72015
2011#5,67515
2010#5,04718
2009#4,03525
2008#4,54021
2007#3,79327
2006#4,52020
2005#4,32620
2004#5,49214
2003#4,81516
2002#4,91915
2001#7,5368
2000#4,20418
1999#3,37623
1998#4,41315
1997#3,60119
1996#3,40620
1995#3,19121
1994#2,12338
1993#2,86524
1992#2,74725
1991#2,40629
1990#3,30918
1989#2,98920
1988#2,76520
1987#2,64120
1986#1,96230
1985#2,50420
1984#2,15924
1983#2,91215
1982#2,26922
1981#1,94228
1980#2,53619
1979#1,94327
1978#2,13422
1977#2,13122
1976#1,93225
1975#1,88425
1974#1,74727
1973#1,54831
1972#1,36438
1971#1,41536
1970#1,49432
1969#1,37634
1968#1,39331
1967#1,23137
1966#1,34532
1965#1,22639
1964#1,17243
1963#1,22840
1962#1,13746
1961#1,17945
1960#1,08351
1959#1,06852
1958#1,11447
1957#95763
1956#1,01954
1955#85574
1954#93363
1953#98953
1952#93258
1951#83371
1950#77278
1949#92356
1948#72985
1947#76980
1946#72980
1945#74967
1944#68782
1943#66294
1942#606108
1941#67183
1940#75866
1939#61789
1938#65683
1937#58896
1936#66978
1935#61890
1934#59299
1933#543110
1932#545116
1931#523122
1930#61899
1929#543117
1928#500145
1927#512141
1926#506144
1925#492152
1924#476169
1923#491156
1922#5,0095#473169
1921#471169
1920#437190
1919#404208
1918#411203
1917#436170
1916#400192
1915#459143
1914#444118
1913#423103
1912#42186
1911#44643
1910#43040
1909#54523
1908#45229
1907#38534
1906#36333
1905#36532
1904#49219
1903#37027
1902#30839
1901#32530
1900#29250
1899#30034
1898#36029
1897#31135
1896#32334
1895#31633
1894#30832
1893#25647
1892#26546
1891#26936
1890#25046
1889#28136
1888#24550
1887#24741
1886#20066
1885#20361
1884#26541
1883#19759
1882#20761
1881#20853
1880#18070
First appearance
1880

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.

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Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #180 (70 births)
  • Births halved by 1894, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 77 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 77 yrs · run 1880–1955
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,578
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 19.0% of all boys named Newton (1,552) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s538#180 (1880)#223
1890s372#250 (1890)#296
1900s316#292 (1900)#390
1910s1,306#400 (1916)#427
1920s1,552#437 (1920)#490
1930s982#523 (1931)#597
1940s801#606 (1942)#728
1950s613#772 (1950)#947
1960s398#1,083 (1960)#1,237
1970s285#1,364 (1972)#1,759
1980s218#1,942 (1981)#2,468
1990s232#2,123 (1994)#3,144
2000s184#3,793 (2007)#4,818
2010s232#3,106 (2018)#4,480
2020s148#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 1929

boys
#543
117 births · 1 in 9,193 boys

Top boys' names in 1929

  1. #1Robert59,807
  2. #2James52,135
  3. #3John52,112
  4. #4William47,815
  5. #5Charles29,930
  6. #6Richard29,572
  7. #7Donald27,181
  8. #8George23,020
  9. #9Joseph21,165
  10. #10Edward17,220
  11. #543Newton117
More about 1929

boys

1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 9,193 of them was named Newton, which outranked 88.1% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Newton
  1. #536Hobert118
  2. #536Stanford118
  3. #536Warner118
  4. #543Newton117
  5. #543Foster117
  6. #543Verlin117
  7. #543Verne117
  8. #547Ernie116
  9. #547Harland116
  10. #547Waldo116

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. 2,188Davey#2,843#655
  2. 554Davie#1,413#859
  3. 374Derald#1,095#721
  4. 358Vernal#1,353#995
  5. 350Ken#1,228#878
Fallers
  1. 530Adolf#950#1,480
  2. 426Quinton#913#1,339
  3. 349Thornton#963#1,312
  4. 346Verlyn#891#1,237
  5. 346Isidore#891#1,237

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

See the top 100 for 1929