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: #180
1880 · 70 births
Debut · boys: 1880
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.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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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

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.

See more about Newton

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

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 1933

boys

#543

110 births · 1 in 9,014 boys

Top boys' names in 1933

#1Robert54,221
#2James51,112
#3John46,224
#4William39,049
#5Richard31,331
#6Charles28,991
#7Donald28,450
#8George18,356
#9Joseph17,162
#10Thomas16,508
⋯
#543Newton110

More about 1933

boys

991,524 boys got a published name in 1933; 1 in 9,014 of them was named Newton, which outranked 86.9% of the 4,156 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Newton

#540Bruno111
#540Craig111
#540Jeremiah111
#543Newton110
#543Alberto110
#543Alphonse110
#543Bennett110
#549Bryan109
#550Evan108
#550Hiram108

Tied with 5 names at #543; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1932

Risers

↑ 553Neville#1,548 → #995
↑ 401Cordell#1,286 → #885
↑ 381Hamilton#1,286 → #905
↑ 375Delano#677 → #302
↑ 313Jan#937 → #624

Fallers

↓ 568Hoover#793 → #1,361
↓ 541Porfirio#915 → #1,456
↓ 424Rosendo#937 → #1,361
↓ 381Alfonzo#821 → #1,202
↓ 368Hillard#862 → #1,230

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

See the top 100 for 1933 →