Newman

Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349

Peak · boys
1895 · 13 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,896
since 1882

Newman over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Newman has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201905peak #579, 1895boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025—
2024#12,3495
2023—
2022—
2021—
2020—
2019#10,8036
2018—
2017#12,2465
2016—
2015#10,6446
2014—
2013—
2012#10,7706
2011#9,6007
2010—
2009#8,3109
2008—
2007#12,3675
2006—
2005#9,1157
2004#11,3565
2003—
2002—
2001—
2000#9,1126
1999#9,9125
1998#9,6315
1997—
1996#7,9716
1995—
1994#7,7706
1993#5,7719
1992—
1991#8,2365
1990#5,8238
1989#5,6158
1988#6,4266
1987#6,0896
1986#5,9266
1985#6,5235
1984#4,9737
1983#6,2385
1982#5,0037
1981#6,2625
1980—
1979—
1978—
1977#3,03713
1976#3,7249
1975—
1974#3,5589
1973#4,5056
1972#2,65913
1971#3,3709
1970#2,50914
1969#2,86110
1968#2,9079
1967#2,24213
1966#2,32712
1965#2,47611
1964#2,8549
1963#2,53911
1962#2,50411
1961#2,40912
1960#2,53511
1959#2,11115
1958#3,0338
1957#2,37512
1956#2,16814
1955#2,13914
1954#2,04415
1953#1,76519
1952#1,54724
1951#2,24612
1950#1,31330
1949#1,87216
1948#1,51923
1947#1,85017
1946#1,81316
1945#1,32725
1944#1,37024
1943#1,57720
1942#1,53721
1941#1,53220
1940#1,73616
1939#1,42522
1938#1,55919
1937#1,40323
1936#1,58718
1935#1,75716
1934#1,29327
1933#1,14433
1932#1,35626
1931#1,17034
1930#1,05343
1929#1,05542
1928#1,25433
1927#1,11241
1926#1,06443
1925#1,07342
1924#1,04546
1923#99249
1922#1,28232
1921#84367
1920#1,00447
1919#1,00945
1918#86958
1917#1,11336
1916#91748
1915#1,05437
1914#81942
1913#99525
1912#1,05919
1911#1,1909
1910#98111
1909#80413
1908#1,2176
1907#81511
1906—
1905#78610
1904—
1903#1,0096
1902#1,1375
1901—
1900#1,3105
1899—
1898#8857
1897—
1896#8268
1895#57913
1894#66810
1893#1,0355
1892#7928
1891#7008
1890#8147
1889#7897
1888#1,0315
1887#7527
1886—
1885#8366
1884—
1883—
1882#7547
1881—
1880—
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Newman! It came in at #754, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1884, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Newman is popular in 1905

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Newman
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 413 spots in 1909 (#1,217 → #804)
  • Biggest drop: 439 spots in 1922 (#843 → #1,282)
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1895 at #579 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 1897, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 21 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1889–1892
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,030
  • Highest: 1 in 9,030 boys born in 1895 were named Newman (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 344,578 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 23.3% of all boys named Newman (442) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s32#752 (1887)#832
1890s66#579 (1895)#787
1900s56#786 (1905)#1,011
1910s330#819 (1914)#1,001
1920s442#843 (1921)#1,072
1930s261#1,053 (1930)#1,375
1940s198#1,327 (1945)#1,613
1950s163#1,313 (1950)#2,074
1960s109#2,242 (1967)#2,565
1970s73#2,509 (1970)#3,337
1980s55#4,973 (1984)#5,895
1990s44#5,771 (1993)#7,873
2000s32#8,310 (2009)#10,052
2010s30#9,600 (2011)#10,813
2020s5#12,349 (2024)#12,349

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.

Newman in 1905

boys
#786
10 births · 1 in 13,231 boys

Top boys' names in 1905

  1. #1John8,059
  2. #2William6,495
  3. #3James6,042
  4. #4George4,256
  5. #5Charles3,608
  6. #6Robert3,410
  7. #7Joseph3,302
  8. #8Frank2,837
  9. #9Edward2,366
  10. #10Thomas2,135
  11. #786Newman10
More about 1905

boys

132,306 boys got a published name in 1905; 1 in 13,231 of them was named Newman, which outranked 44.7% of the 1,421 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Newman
  1. #741Thedore11
  2. #741Theron11
  3. #741Wyatt11
  4. #786Newman10
  5. #786Alberto10
  6. #786Alma10
  7. #786Alonza10
  8. #836Acie9
  9. #836Alcide9
  10. #836Alvis9

Tied with 49 names at #786; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1904
Risers
  1. ↑ 590Ludwig#1,205 → #615
  2. ↑ 539Domenick#1,205 → #666
  3. ↑ 506Cloyd#1,205 → #699
  4. ↑ 506Conley#1,205 → #699
  5. ↑ 506Elgin#1,205 → #699
Fallers
  1. ↓ 621Urban#612 → #1,233
  2. ↓ 586Sammy#647 → #1,233
  3. ↓ 576Randall#515 → #1,091
  4. ↓ 553Santiago#538 → #1,091
  5. ↓ 547Duane#686 → #1,233

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

See the top 100 for 1905 →