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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201889peak #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.

Where Newton is popular in 1889

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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
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 1889

boys
#281
36 births · 1 in 3,072 boys

Top boys' names in 1889

  1. #1John8,548
  2. #2William7,772
  3. #3James5,020
  4. #4George4,430
  5. #5Charles4,199
  6. #6Frank2,975
  7. #7Joseph2,729
  8. #8Harry2,559
  9. #9Robert2,513
  10. #10Edward2,299
  11. #281Newton36
More about 1889

boys

110,580 boys got a published name in 1889; 1 in 3,072 of them was named Newton, which outranked 74.7% of the 1,111 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Newton
  1. #274Joel37
  2. #274Royal37
  3. #274Wilfred37
  4. #281Newton36
  5. #281Elias36
  6. #281Morton36
  7. #284Augustus35
  8. #284Cyrus35
  9. #284Freeman35

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

Biggest movers since 1888
Risers
  1. ↑ 506Connie#1,031 → #525
  2. ↑ 483Hamilton#917 → #434
  3. ↑ 482Ballard#1,031 → #549
  4. ↑ 453Bertie#917 → #464
  5. ↑ 450Essie#1,031 → #581
Fallers
  1. ↓ 510Wendell#464 → #974
  2. ↓ 469Melton#505 → #974
  3. ↓ 462Enos#416 → #878
  4. ↓ 394Ruby#580 → #974
  5. ↓ 394Webb#580 → #974

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

See the top 100 for 1889 →