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 1950
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#497 · 1 in 8,687
- California#639 · 1 in 17,433
- Texas#872 · 1 in 17,306
Best ever in a state: #167 in Connecticut, 1926.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #497 | 5 | 1 in 8,687 |
| California | #639 | 7 | 1 in 17,433 |
| Texas | #872 | 6 | 1 in 17,306 |
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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 1950
Top boys' names in 1950
More about 1950
boys
1,790,262 boys got a published name in 1950; 1 in 22,952 of them was named Newton, which outranked 81.6% of the 4,196 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).