Newton
Newton was given to 15 boys in 2025, #6,056 among boys’ names; 8,182 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,430 Americans named Newton and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (30% of everyone recorded); the median is 55 years old and half are between 29 and 73.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Newton by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Newton mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Newton is “a male given name transferred from the surname.” Its etymology gives the sense “new town” (tūn).
Inherited from Middle English Neweton, from Old English nēowa tūn (“new town”). Compare same construction in Italian Napoli (“Naples”) and in Arabic نَابُلُس (nābulus, “Nablus”). The unexpected Early Modern pronunciation with /ɛʊ̯/ instead of /ɪʊ̯/, as securely attested in Richard Hodges' 1644 English Primrose and confirmed by obsolete Welsh Newtwnn, is due to trisyllabic shortening in Old English nēowa tūn or Middle English Neweton.
/ˈn(j)uːtən/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Newton?
#6,056 among boys’ names, 2025
Newton fell from #4,043 in 2015 to #6,056 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 13.6 to 8.8 per million.
208 babies in 1919, the peak
Newton peaked in 1919, when 208 boys were given it, #404 among boys’ names. The 15 births of 2025 are 7% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #6,056 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 28 | #3,954 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,297 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 27 | #4,060 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,091 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 27 | #3,886 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 31 | #3,611 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,147 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,858 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,478 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 26 | #4,043 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,651 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,142 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,898 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,864 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,178 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,130 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,655 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,863 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,630 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,411 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,701 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,969 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 15 | #5,065 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 8 | #8,080 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,319 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 23 | #3,451 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,573 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 19 | #3,688 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 20 | #3,507 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 21 | #3,267 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 38 | #2,157 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 24 | #2,914 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 25 | #2,790 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 29 | #2,443 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,410 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 20 | #3,050 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 20 | #2,820 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 20 | #2,684 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 30 | #1,991 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,568 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 24 | #2,215 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 15 | #3,023 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 22 | #2,316 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 28 | #1,975 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 19 | #2,590 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 27 | #1,984 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 22 | #2,180 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 22 | #2,185 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 25 | #1,973 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 25 | #1,926 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 27 | #1,776 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 31 | #1,574 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 38 | #1,382 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 36 | #1,430 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 32 | #1,510 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 34 | #1,389 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 31 | #1,416 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 37 | #1,245 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 32 | #1,359 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 39 | #1,229 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 43 | #1,184 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 40 | #1,235 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 46 | #1,141 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 45 | #1,194 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 51 | #1,092 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 52 | #1,077 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 47 | #1,123 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 63 | #960 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 54 | #1,026 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 74 | #860 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 63 | #936 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 53 | #995 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 58 | #934 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 71 | #833 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 78 | #774 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 56 | #931 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 85 | #731 | 0.05 |
| 1947 | 80 | #769 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 80 | #737 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 67 | #752 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 82 | #692 | 0.06 |
| 1943 | 94 | #665 | 0.07 |
| 1942 | 108 | #608 | 0.08 |
| 1941 | 83 | #674 | 0.07 |
| 1940 | 66 | #767 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 89 | #620 | 0.08 |
| 1938 | 83 | #659 | 0.07 |
| 1937 | 96 | #591 | 0.09 |
| 1936 | 78 | #672 | 0.08 |
| 1935 | 90 | #623 | 0.09 |
| 1934 | 99 | #594 | 0.10 |
| 1933 | 110 | #548 | 0.11 |
| 1932 | 116 | #547 | 0.11 |
| 1931 | 122 | #526 | 0.12 |
| 1930 | 99 | #620 | 0.09 |
| 1929 | 117 | #544 | 0.11 |
| 1928 | 145 | #503 | 0.13 |
| 1927 | 141 | #515 | 0.13 |
| 1926 | 144 | #507 | 0.13 |
| 1925 | 152 | #492 | 0.14 |
| 1924 | 169 | #476 | 0.15 |
| 1923 | 156 | #492 | 0.14 |
| 1922 | 169 | #476 | 0.16 |
| 1921 | 169 | #472 | 0.15 |
| 1920 | 190 | #438 | 0.18 |
| 1919 | 208 | #404 | 0.21 |
| 1918 | 203 | #411 | 0.20 |
| 1917 | 170 | #436 | 0.18 |
| 1916 | 192 | #400 | 0.22 |
| 1915 | 143 | #460 | 0.17 |
| 1914 | 118 | #444 | 0.18 |
| 1913 | 103 | #425 | 0.20 |
| 1912 | 86 | #422 | 0.20 |
| 1911 | 43 | #450 | 0.19 |
| 1910 | 40 | #436 | 0.21 |
| 1909 | 23 | #553 | 0.14 |
| 1908 | 29 | #461 | 0.19 |
| 1907 | 34 | #387 | 0.23 |
| 1906 | 33 | #373 | 0.25 |
| 1905 | 32 | #368 | 0.24 |
| 1904 | 19 | #506 | 0.15 |
| 1903 | 27 | #380 | 0.23 |
| 1902 | 39 | #311 | 0.32 |
| 1901 | 30 | #331 | 0.28 |
| 1900 | 50 | #293 | 0.33 |
| 1899 | 34 | #303 | 0.32 |
| 1898 | 29 | #362 | 0.24 |
| 1897 | 35 | #315 | 0.31 |
| 1896 | 34 | #328 | 0.28 |
| 1895 | 33 | #325 | 0.28 |
| 1894 | 32 | #315 | 0.28 |
| 1893 | 47 | #257 | 0.42 |
| 1892 | 46 | #265 | 0.38 |
| 1891 | 36 | #272 | 0.36 |
| 1890 | 46 | #251 | 0.41 |
| 1889 | 36 | #283 | 0.33 |
| 1888 | 50 | #249 | 0.41 |
| 1887 | 41 | #248 | 0.40 |
| 1886 | 66 | #203 | 0.60 |
| 1885 | 61 | #203 | 0.57 |
| 1884 | 41 | #267 | 0.36 |
| 1883 | 59 | #197 | 0.56 |
| 1882 | 61 | #209 | 0.54 |
| 1881 | 53 | #210 | 0.53 |
| 1880 | 70 | #182 | 0.63 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Newton a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Newton has been given almost only to boys: 5 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Newton: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Newton, and how old are they?
2,430 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 30% of the 8,182 Americans ever recorded as Newton. The median Newton alive today is 55 years old; half are between 29 and 73.
The 2020 Census counted 3,324 people named Newton (32 women and girls, 3,292 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,712 born in the U.S. The Census count is 23% 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.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 303 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 730 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 418 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 355 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 284 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 330 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
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).
Where are babies named Newton born?
The states with the most babies named Newton are Texas, Pennsylvania and New York, with 34% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 444 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 292 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| New York | 277 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Georgia | 241 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Louisiana | 216 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| California | 199 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Virginia | 155 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Tennessee | 152 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Alabama | 124 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Oklahoma | 96 | not ranked | 0.7× |
Where Newton is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Newton is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Newton with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Newton
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 Newton and names like it
- Compare Newton and MinorBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sNewton peaked in 1919.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Newton since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Newton: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1919The year the most babies were named Newton.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Newton alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with NMost given first.