Newell
Newell was last recorded in 2019, when 9 babies were given it; 3,319 Americans have been recorded with it between 1881 and 2019 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Newell by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Newell?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #8,671, in 2019; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
105 babies in 1916, the peak
Newell peaked in 1916, when 105 babies were given it (96 boys, #595 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 9 | #8,671 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 5 | #13,537 | under 0.01 |
| 2014 | 5 | #13,449 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 5 | #13,676 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 10 | #8,119 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 5 | #14,005 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,652 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 7 | #8,180 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 5 | #10,314 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 5 | #9,854 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (116)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 9 | #6,078 | under 0.01 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,796 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 8 | #6,234 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,716 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 5 | #8,142 | under 0.01 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,698 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 5 | #7,478 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,574 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,978 | under 0.01 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,868 | under 0.01 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,390 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,834 | under 0.01 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,436 | under 0.01 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,524 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 5 | #6,201 | under 0.01 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,844 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,743 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 14 | #2,678 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,857 | under 0.01 |
| 1971 | 18 | #2,253 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 24 | #1,833 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 15 | #2,275 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 12 | #2,539 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 16 | #2,011 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 16 | #2,021 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 15 | #2,143 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 16 | #2,087 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 18 | #1,942 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 23 | #1,697 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 15 | #2,210 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 17 | #2,017 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 28 | #1,518 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 24 | #1,628 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 19 | #1,877 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 29 | #1,474 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 32 | #1,359 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 29 | #1,424 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 33 | #1,321 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 42 | #1,144 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 41 | #1,131 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 34 | #1,249 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 25 | #1,492 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 36 | #1,211 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 47 | #1,059 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 47 | #998 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 32 | #1,176 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 50 | #903 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 62 | #841 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 53 | #920 | 0.04 |
| 1941 | 55 | #854 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 53 | #870 | 0.05 |
| 1939 | 39 | #1,026 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 51 | #877 | 0.05 |
| 1937 | 51 | #861 | 0.05 |
| 1936 | 60 | #792 | 0.06 |
| 1935 | 45 | #951 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 44 | #965 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 58 | #819 | 0.06 |
| 1932 | 49 | #935 | 0.05 |
| 1931 | 54 | #875 | 0.05 |
| 1930 | 62 | #828 | 0.06 |
| 1929 | 62 | #832 | 0.06 |
| 1928 | 71 | #772 | 0.06 |
| 1927 | 63 | #856 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 75 | #744 | 0.07 |
| 1925 | 60 | #866 | 0.05 |
| 1924 | 67 | #832 | 0.06 |
| 1923 | 81 | #726 | 0.07 |
| 1922 | 77 | #756 | 0.07 |
| 1921 | 73 | #797 | 0.07 |
| 1920 | 75 | #765 | 0.07 |
| 1919 | 74 | #751 | 0.08 |
| 1918 | 83 | #689 | 0.08 |
| 1917 | 75 | #704 | 0.08 |
| 1916 | 96 | #595 | 0.11 |
| 1915 | 82 | #642 | 0.10 |
| 1914 | 61 | #651 | 0.09 |
| 1913 | 59 | #571 | 0.12 |
| 1912 | 41 | #664 | 0.10 |
| 1911 | 24 | #638 | 0.11 |
| 1910 | 13 | #915 | 0.07 |
| 1908 | 13 | #770 | 0.08 |
| 1907 | 15 | #690 | 0.10 |
| 1906 | 9 | #902 | 0.07 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,059 | 0.05 |
| 1904 | 10 | #797 | 0.08 |
| 1903 | 13 | #645 | 0.11 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,106 | 0.05 |
| 1901 | 13 | #580 | 0.12 |
| 1900 | 9 | #948 | 0.06 |
| 1899 | 10 | #694 | 0.09 |
| 1898 | 11 | #693 | 0.09 |
| 1897 | 9 | #768 | 0.08 |
| 1895 | 8 | #847 | 0.07 |
| 1893 | 8 | #812 | 0.07 |
| 1892 | 8 | #840 | 0.07 |
| 1891 | 6 | #924 | 0.06 |
| 1890 | 8 | #795 | 0.07 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,129 | 0.04 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,015 | 0.05 |
| 1886 | 8 | #741 | 0.07 |
| 1885 | 7 | #815 | 0.06 |
| 1884 | 8 | #740 | 0.07 |
| 1883 | 10 | #626 | 0.10 |
| 1882 | 5 | #1,047 | 0.04 |
| 1881 | 14 | #479 | 0.14 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Newell a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,319 Americans recorded as Newell, 2% are girls and 98% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Newell: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Newell, and how old are they?
An estimated 828 Americans named Newell and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (25% of everyone recorded); the median is 69 years old and half are between 55 and 79. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 1,192 people named Newell (48 women and girls, 1,144 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,053 born in the U.S. The Census count is 13% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 3,449 babies since 1880, Newell is the most given (96% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Newell
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Newell and names like it
- Compare Newell and NewelBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sNewell peaked in 1916.
- Utah’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Newell since 1910.
- The top names of 1916The year the most babies were named Newell.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Newell alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with NMost given first.