Newell
Last seen for girls in 1928 at #4,725 · Last seen for boys in 2019 at #8,215
Given to boys 97.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 14 births
- Debut · boys
- 14 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,240since 1881
Newell over time
Rank among boys' names. Newell 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 | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #8,215 | 9 | |
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | #12,108 | 5 | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #12,231 | 5 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,692 | 10 | |
| 2008 | — | #12,553 | 5 | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | #7,139 | 8 | |
| 1998 | — | #7,560 | 7 | |
| 1997 | — | #9,265 | 5 | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | #8,868 | 5 | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | #5,771 | 9 | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #5,521 | 9 | |
| 1990 | — | #5,823 | 8 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,229 | 7 | |
| 1988 | — | #7,270 | 5 | |
| 1987 | — | #6,089 | 6 | |
| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,333 | 9 | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
| 1982 | — | #4,593 | 8 | |
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | #4,134 | 9 | |
| 1979 | — | #5,355 | 6 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,157 | 8 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,386 | 11 | |
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,659 | 9 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,558 | 9 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,606 | 14 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,622 | 8 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,203 | 18 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,794 | 24 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,217 | 15 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,445 | 12 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,974 | 16 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,963 | 16 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,084 | 15 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,040 | 16 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,902 | 18 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,669 | 23 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,148 | 15 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,973 | 17 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,501 | 28 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,593 | 24 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,837 | 19 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,443 | 29 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,339 | 32 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,408 | 29 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,304 | 33 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,136 | 42 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,123 | 41 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,232 | 34 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,462 | 25 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,194 | 36 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,053 | 47 | |
| 1946 | — | #980 | 47 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,163 | 32 | |
| 1944 | — | #898 | 50 | |
| 1943 | — | #837 | 62 | |
| 1942 | — | #910 | 53 | |
| 1941 | — | #850 | 55 | |
| 1940 | — | #862 | 53 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,015 | 39 | |
| 1938 | — | #869 | 51 | |
| 1937 | — | #858 | 51 | |
| 1936 | — | #787 | 60 | |
| 1935 | — | #940 | 45 | |
| 1934 | — | #956 | 44 | |
| 1933 | — | #812 | 58 | |
| 1932 | — | #924 | 49 | |
| 1931 | — | #869 | 54 | |
| 1930 | — | #824 | 62 | |
| 1929 | — | #826 | 62 | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #767 | 71 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #849 | 63 |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #737 | 75 |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | #858 | 60 |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | #823 | 67 |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 | #725 | 81 |
| 1922 | — | #754 | 77 | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #790 | 73 |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | #763 | 75 |
| 1919 | — | #747 | 74 | |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 | #684 | 83 |
| 1917 | — | #699 | 75 | |
| 1916 | #3,031 | 9 | #593 | 96 |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | #642 | 82 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #645 | 61 |
| 1913 | — | #564 | 59 | |
| 1912 | — | #659 | 41 | |
| 1911 | — | #624 | 24 | |
| 1910 | — | #859 | 13 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #744 | 13 | |
| 1907 | — | #664 | 15 | |
| 1906 | — | #852 | 9 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,002 | 7 | |
| 1904 | — | #760 | 10 | |
| 1903 | — | #619 | 13 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
| 1901 | — | #559 | 13 | |
| 1900 | — | #902 | 9 | |
| 1899 | — | #661 | 10 | |
| 1898 | — | #663 | 11 | |
| 1897 | — | #725 | 9 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #795 | 8 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #768 | 8 | |
| 1892 | — | #792 | 8 | |
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | #739 | 8 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #1,031 | 5 | |
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | #694 | 8 | |
| 1885 | — | #765 | 7 | |
| 1884 | — | #701 | 8 | |
| 1883 | — | #597 | 10 | |
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | #460 | 14 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Newell! It came in at #460, and was given to 14 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1889, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Newell is popular in 1923
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Idaho#129 · 1 in 594
- Tennessee#380 · 1 in 4,032
- New York#442 · 1 in 10,477
- California#500 · 1 in 6,759
- Texas#770 · 1 in 8,663
Best ever in a state: #103 in Utah, 1916.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | #129 | 6 | 1 in 594 |
| Tennessee | #380 | 6 | 1 in 4,032 |
| New York | #442 | 9 | 1 in 10,477 |
| California | #500 | 5 | 1 in 6,759 |
| Texas | #770 | 6 | 1 in 8,663 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Newell
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
- Biggest jump: 394 spots in 1903 (#1,013 → #619)
- Biggest drop: 483 spots in 1882 (#460 → #943)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1881 at #460 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1910–1938
- Highest: 1 in 7,195 boys born in 1881 were named Newell (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 199,357 boys born in 2019 (0.00%)
- 21.7% of all boys named Newell (704) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 62 | #460 (1881) | #764 |
| 1890s | 68 | #661 (1899) | #748 |
| 1900s | 95 | #559 (1901) | #791 |
| 1910s | 608 | #564 (1913) | #672 |
| 1920s | 704 | #725 (1923) | #789 |
| 1930s | 513 | #787 (1936) | #885 |
| 1940s | 460 | #837 (1943) | #1,021 |
| 1950s | 311 | #1,123 (1951) | #1,392 |
| 1960s | 163 | #1,669 (1962) | #2,042 |
| 1970s | 112 | #1,794 (1970) | #3,593 |
| 1980s | 54 | #4,134 (1980) | #5,701 |
| 1990s | 51 | #5,521 (1991) | #7,135 |
| 2000s | 15 | #7,692 (2009) | #10,123 |
| 2010s | 24 | #8,215 (2019) | #11,178 |
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.
Newell in 1923
Top girls' names in 1923
Top boys' names in 1923
More about 1923
girls
1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 134,041 of them was named Newell, which outranked 41.6% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,125Wilbur10
- #3,125Zenaida10
- #3,125Zephyr10
- #3,350Newell9
- #3,350Adalia9
- #3,350Adena9
- #3,350Adra9
- #3,641Aaron8
- #3,641Ader8
- #3,641Adlene8
Tied with 290 names at #3,350; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 13,532 of them was named Newell, which outranked 85.2% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).