Newt — #5435 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Newt

The Social Security Administration has registered 840 babies named Newt between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Newt currently holds the #5435 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1914, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Newt performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 120 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Newt shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Newt in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Newt 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 840 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.