Newt
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NOOT
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Newt is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “new town”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Newt mean?
English: short form of Newton, an English place name
“new town”
Usually a short form of Newton; Newt Scamander is the magizoologist hero of Fantastic Beasts.
Is Newt a girl's or a boy's name?
Newt is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Newt in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Newt, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 1914, with 20 boys.
Half of all the boys named Newt in the US since 1880 were born between 1912 and 1992. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Newt in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 8 | #3,022 |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 8 | #2,842 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,605 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,670 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 14 | #1,889 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,332 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,029 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,367 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,465 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,178 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 16 | #1,960 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 16 | #2,011 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1923 | 20 | #1,752 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,346 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,631 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 17 | #1,881 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,542 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,090 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,770 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,781 |
| 1914 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 1913 | 9 | #1,944 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,618 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 9 | #929 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,003 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,090 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 9 | #793 |
| 1901 | 6 | #942 |
| 1900 | 9 | #901 |
| 1899 | 7 | #856 |
| 1898 | 11 | #662 |
| 1897 | 10 | #681 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,073 |
| 1893 | 6 | #906 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 6 | #840 |
| 1890 | 8 | #739 |
| 1889 | 10 | #628 |
| 1888 | 7 | #815 |
| 1887 | 13 | #488 |
| 1886 | 8 | #694 |
| 1885 | 7 | #765 |
| 1884 | 6 | #848 |
| 1883 | 15 | #460 |
| 1882 | 14 | #489 |
| 1881 | 10 | #563 |
| 1880 | 10 | #600 |
Names like Newt
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Newt: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/newt, updated 20 October 2026.