Newman
Newman was last recorded in 2024, when 5 babies were given it; 1,896 Americans have been recorded with it between 1882 and 2024 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Newman by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Newman mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Newman is “a male given name transferred from the surname.” Its etymology gives the sense “newcomer” (a).
From new + man: a “newcomer”.
/ˈnumən/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Newman?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #13,648, in 2024; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
67 babies in 1921, the peak
Newman peaked in 1921, when 67 boys were given it, #848 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #13,648 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 6 | #11,732 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 5 | #13,671 | under 0.01 |
| 2015 | 6 | #11,679 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 6 | #11,820 | under 0.01 |
| 2011 | 7 | #10,433 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,783 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 5 | #13,814 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,832 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 5 | #12,650 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (114)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6 | #9,944 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 5 | #11,085 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 5 | #10,797 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 6 | #8,669 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 6 | #8,478 | under 0.01 |
| 1993 | 9 | #6,079 | under 0.01 |
| 1991 | 5 | #9,177 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 8 | #6,235 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 8 | #6,042 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,990 | under 0.01 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,699 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 6 | #6,476 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 5 | #7,263 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 7 | #5,395 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,979 | under 0.01 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,429 | under 0.01 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,962 | under 0.01 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,146 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,913 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,744 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,904 | under 0.01 |
| 1972 | 13 | #2,770 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,569 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 14 | #2,593 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,999 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 9 | #3,029 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 13 | #2,313 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 12 | #2,418 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 11 | #2,574 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,992 | under 0.01 |
| 1963 | 11 | #2,630 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 11 | #2,624 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 12 | #2,499 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 11 | #2,641 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 15 | #2,171 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,200 | under 0.01 |
| 1957 | 12 | #2,455 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 14 | #2,231 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 14 | #2,197 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,090 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 19 | #1,812 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 24 | #1,574 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,332 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 30 | #1,333 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 16 | #1,918 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 23 | #1,547 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 17 | #1,892 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 16 | #1,867 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 25 | #1,338 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 24 | #1,391 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 20 | #1,618 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,573 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,572 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 16 | #1,778 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 22 | #1,447 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 19 | #1,598 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 23 | #1,433 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,624 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 16 | #1,812 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 27 | #1,310 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 33 | #1,155 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 26 | #1,371 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 34 | #1,186 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 43 | #1,065 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 42 | #1,071 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 33 | #1,264 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 41 | #1,124 | 0.04 |
| 1926 | 43 | #1,081 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 42 | #1,088 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 46 | #1,052 | 0.04 |
| 1923 | 49 | #1,005 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 32 | #1,302 | 0.03 |
| 1921 | 67 | #848 | 0.06 |
| 1920 | 47 | #1,015 | 0.04 |
| 1919 | 45 | #1,017 | 0.05 |
| 1918 | 58 | #879 | 0.06 |
| 1917 | 36 | #1,129 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 48 | #921 | 0.05 |
| 1915 | 37 | #1,065 | 0.04 |
| 1914 | 42 | #834 | 0.06 |
| 1913 | 25 | #1,016 | 0.05 |
| 1912 | 19 | #1,083 | 0.04 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,256 | 0.04 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,024 | 0.06 |
| 1909 | 13 | #827 | 0.08 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,320 | 0.04 |
| 1907 | 11 | #845 | 0.07 |
| 1905 | 10 | #827 | 0.08 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,092 | 0.05 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,256 | 0.04 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,439 | 0.03 |
| 1898 | 7 | #963 | 0.06 |
| 1896 | 8 | #873 | 0.07 |
| 1895 | 13 | #595 | 0.11 |
| 1894 | 10 | #708 | 0.09 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,139 | 0.04 |
| 1892 | 8 | #841 | 0.07 |
| 1891 | 8 | #750 | 0.08 |
| 1890 | 7 | #856 | 0.06 |
| 1889 | 7 | #860 | 0.06 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,130 | 0.04 |
| 1887 | 7 | #805 | 0.07 |
| 1885 | 6 | #902 | 0.06 |
| 1882 | 7 | #812 | 0.06 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Newman a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Newman has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 114 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Newman: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Newman, and how old are they?
An estimated 534 Americans named Newman and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (28% of everyone recorded); the median is 61 years old and half are between 41 and 75. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 802 people named Newman (47 women and girls, 755 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 641 born in the U.S. The Census count is 25% 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 that rose and fell in the same decades as Newman
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 Newman and names like it
- Compare Newman and WorthBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sNewman peaked in 1921.
- Alabama’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Newman since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Newman: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Newman.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Newman alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with NMost given first.