Newell — boys' name

What the Data Says About Newell

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,239 babies named Newell between 1881 and 2019, spanning 139 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Newell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 96 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Newell performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 704 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Newell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 80 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Newell in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Newell in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 3,239 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.