Meaning not yet researched.
Newton: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 15 in 2025. Its best rank was #182 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #182 in 1880; #6,059 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Newton in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#6,059 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #182.
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Newton: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 15 boys in 2025. Peak: #182 in 1880 · most boys in one year: 208 (1919).
In 2025, 15 US boys were named Newton, making it the 6,059th most common boys’ name of the year, down 2,103 places from #3,956 in 2024. That is 13 fewer than the 28 boys named Newton in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #182, reached in 1880. The most boys given the name in a single year was 208, in 1919. For comparison, it was #4,045 in 2015 and #775 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Newton in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 70 babies with the name. In all, 8,182 US babies have been given the name, 0.1% of them girls and 99.9% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 1,557 babies named Newton.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 261 US boys were named Newton; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 37. In 2025 that was about 1 in 113,872 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
The open nickname list we use links it to Newt.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
Newton is listed as a nickname for Newt.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 15 | #6,059 |
| 2024 | — | — | 28 | #3,956 |
| 2023 | — | — | 25 | #4,301 |
| 2022 | — | — | 27 | #4,063 |
| 2021 | — | — | 26 | #4,095 |
| 2020 | — | — | 27 | #3,889 |
| 2019 | — | — | 31 | #3,614 |
| 2018 | — | — | 37 | #3,150 |
| 2017 | — | — | 28 | #3,862 |
| 2016 | — | — | 17 | #5,482 |
| 2015 | — | — | 26 | #4,045 |
| 2014 | — | — | 21 | #4,655 |
| 2013 | — | — | 24 | #4,144 |
| 2012 | — | — | 15 | #5,904 |
| 2011 | — | — | 15 | #5,869 |
| 2010 | — | — | 18 | #5,181 |
| 2009 | — | — | 25 | #4,132 |
| 2008 | — | — | 21 | #4,659 |
| 2007 | — | — | 27 | #3,865 |
| 2006 | — | — | 20 | #4,634 |
| 2005 | — | — | 20 | #4,416 |
| 2004 | — | — | 14 | #5,707 |
| 2003 | — | — | 16 | #4,974 |
| 2002 | — | — | 15 | #5,072 |
| 2001 | — | — | 8 | #8,087 |
| 2000 | — | — | 18 | #4,326 |
| 1999 | — | — | 23 | #3,456 |
| 1998 | — | — | 15 | #4,577 |
| 1997 | — | — | 19 | #3,693 |
| 1996 | — | — | 20 | #3,513 |
| 1995 | — | — | 21 | #3,272 |
| 1994 | — | — | 38 | #2,162 |
| 1993 | — | — | 24 | #2,920 |
| 1992 | — | — | 25 | #2,796 |
| 1991 | — | — | 29 | #2,449 |
| 1990 | — | — | 18 | #3,416 |
| 1989 | — | — | 20 | #3,056 |
| 1988 | — | — | 20 | #2,825 |
| 1987 | — | — | 20 | #2,688 |
| 1986 | — | — | 30 | #1,993 |
| 1985 | — | — | 20 | #2,570 |
| 1984 | — | — | 24 | #2,216 |
| 1983 | — | — | 15 | #3,024 |
| 1982 | — | — | 22 | #2,317 |
| 1981 | — | — | 28 | #1,976 |
| 1980 | — | — | 19 | #2,591 |
| 1979 | — | — | 27 | #1,984 |
| 1978 | — | — | 22 | #2,180 |
| 1977 | — | — | 22 | #2,185 |
| 1976 | — | — | 25 | #1,974 |
| 1975 | — | — | 25 | #1,927 |
| 1974 | — | — | 27 | #1,776 |
| 1973 | — | — | 31 | #1,574 |
| 1972 | — | — | 38 | #1,382 |
| 1971 | — | — | 36 | #1,430 |
| 1970 | — | — | 32 | #1,511 |
| 1969 | — | — | 34 | #1,389 |
| 1968 | — | — | 31 | #1,416 |
| 1967 | — | — | 37 | #1,246 |
| 1966 | — | — | 32 | #1,360 |
| 1965 | — | — | 39 | #1,229 |
| 1964 | — | — | 43 | #1,185 |
| 1963 | — | — | 40 | #1,236 |
| 1962 | — | — | 46 | #1,142 |
| 1961 | — | — | 45 | #1,195 |
| 1960 | — | — | 51 | #1,093 |
| 1959 | — | — | 52 | #1,078 |
| 1958 | — | — | 47 | #1,124 |
| 1957 | — | — | 63 | #961 |
| 1956 | — | — | 54 | #1,027 |
| 1955 | — | — | 74 | #861 |
| 1954 | — | — | 63 | #937 |
| 1953 | — | — | 53 | #996 |
| 1952 | — | — | 58 | #935 |
| 1951 | — | — | 71 | #834 |
| 1950 | — | — | 78 | #775 |
| 1949 | — | — | 56 | #932 |
| 1948 | — | — | 85 | #732 |
| 1947 | — | — | 80 | #770 |
| 1946 | — | — | 80 | #737 |
| 1945 | — | — | 67 | #752 |
| 1944 | — | — | 82 | #692 |
| 1943 | — | — | 94 | #665 |
| 1942 | — | — | 108 | #608 |
| 1941 | — | — | 83 | #674 |
| 1940 | — | — | 66 | #767 |
| 1939 | — | — | 89 | #620 |
| 1938 | — | — | 83 | #659 |
| 1937 | — | — | 96 | #591 |
| 1936 | — | — | 78 | #672 |
| 1935 | — | — | 90 | #623 |
| 1934 | — | — | 99 | #594 |
| 1933 | — | — | 110 | #548 |
| 1932 | — | — | 116 | #547 |
| 1931 | — | — | 122 | #526 |
| 1930 | — | — | 99 | #620 |
| 1929 | — | — | 117 | #544 |
| 1928 | — | — | 145 | #503 |
| 1927 | — | — | 141 | #515 |
| 1926 | — | — | 144 | #507 |
| 1925 | — | — | 152 | #492 |
| 1924 | — | — | 169 | #476 |
| 1923 | — | — | 156 | #492 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,575 | 169 | #476 |
| 1921 | — | — | 169 | #472 |
| 1920 | — | — | 190 | #438 |
| 1919 | — | — | 208 | #404 |
| 1918 | — | — | 203 | #411 |
| 1917 | — | — | 170 | #436 |
| 1916 | — | — | 192 | #400 |
| 1915 | — | — | 143 | #460 |
| 1914 | — | — | 118 | #444 |
| 1913 | — | — | 103 | #425 |
| 1912 | — | — | 86 | #422 |
| 1911 | — | — | 43 | #450 |
| 1910 | — | — | 40 | #436 |
| 1909 | — | — | 23 | #553 |
| 1908 | — | — | 29 | #461 |
| 1907 | — | — | 34 | #387 |
| 1906 | — | — | 33 | #373 |
| 1905 | — | — | 32 | #368 |
| 1904 | — | — | 19 | #506 |
| 1903 | — | — | 27 | #380 |
| 1902 | — | — | 39 | #311 |
| 1901 | — | — | 30 | #331 |
| 1900 | — | — | 50 | #293 |
| 1899 | — | — | 34 | #303 |
| 1898 | — | — | 29 | #362 |
| 1897 | — | — | 35 | #315 |
| 1896 | — | — | 34 | #328 |
| 1895 | — | — | 33 | #325 |
| 1894 | — | — | 32 | #315 |
| 1893 | — | — | 47 | #257 |
| 1892 | — | — | 46 | #265 |
| 1891 | — | — | 36 | #272 |
| 1890 | — | — | 46 | #251 |
| 1889 | — | — | 36 | #283 |
| 1888 | — | — | 50 | #249 |
| 1887 | — | — | 41 | #248 |
| 1886 | — | — | 66 | #203 |
| 1885 | — | — | 61 | #203 |
| 1884 | — | — | 41 | #267 |
| 1883 | — | — | 59 | #197 |
| 1882 | — | — | 61 | #209 |
| 1881 | — | — | 53 | #210 |
| 1880 | — | — | 70 | #182 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).