Newton
- Gender
- Boy
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Newton is a boys' name, meaning “new town”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Newton mean?
“new town”
A male given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Newton a girl's or a boy's name?
Newton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Newton in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Newton in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Newton in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
How popular is Newton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,859th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Newton, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,808th. Its busiest year was 1919, with 208 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Newton than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Newton in the US since 1880 were born between 1917 and 1954. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Newton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 27 | #3,992 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 2019 | 31 | #3,568 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,104 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,321 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 23 | #3,372 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 19 | #3,596 |
| 1996 | 20 | #3,400 |
| 1995 | 21 | #3,186 |
| 1994 | 38 | #2,118 |
| 1993 | 24 | #2,859 |
| 1992 | 25 | #2,741 |
| 1991 | 29 | #2,400 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | 20 | #2,983 |
| 1988 | 20 | #2,760 |
| 1987 | 20 | #2,637 |
| 1986 | 30 | #1,960 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,503 |
| 1984 | 24 | #2,158 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 22 | #2,268 |
| 1981 | 28 | #1,941 |
| 1980 | 19 | #2,535 |
| 1979 | 27 | #1,943 |
| 1978 | 22 | #2,134 |
| 1977 | 22 | #2,131 |
| 1976 | 25 | #1,931 |
| 1975 | 25 | #1,883 |
| 1974 | 27 | #1,747 |
| 1973 | 31 | #1,548 |
| 1972 | 38 | #1,364 |
| 1971 | 36 | #1,415 |
| 1970 | 32 | #1,493 |
| 1969 | 34 | #1,376 |
| 1968 | 31 | #1,393 |
| 1967 | 37 | #1,230 |
| 1966 | 32 | #1,344 |
| 1965 | 39 | #1,226 |
| 1964 | 43 | #1,171 |
| 1963 | 40 | #1,227 |
| 1962 | 46 | #1,136 |
| 1961 | 45 | #1,178 |
| 1960 | 51 | #1,082 |
| 1959 | 52 | #1,067 |
| 1958 | 47 | #1,113 |
| 1957 | 63 | #956 |
| 1956 | 54 | #1,018 |
| 1955 | 74 | #854 |
| 1954 | 63 | #932 |
| 1953 | 53 | #988 |
| 1952 | 58 | #931 |
| 1951 | 71 | #832 |
| 1950 | 78 | #771 |
| 1949 | 56 | #922 |
| 1948 | 85 | #728 |
| 1947 | 80 | #768 |
| 1946 | 80 | #729 |
| 1945 | 67 | #749 |
| 1944 | 82 | #687 |
| 1943 | 94 | #662 |
| 1942 | 108 | #606 |
| 1941 | 83 | #671 |
| 1940 | 66 | #758 |
| 1939 | 89 | #617 |
| 1938 | 83 | #656 |
| 1937 | 96 | #588 |
| 1936 | 78 | #669 |
| 1935 | 90 | #618 |
| 1934 | 99 | #592 |
| 1933 | 110 | #543 |
| 1932 | 116 | #545 |
| 1931 | 122 | #523 |
| 1930 | 99 | #618 |
| 1929 | 117 | #543 |
| 1928 | 145 | #500 |
| 1927 | 141 | #512 |
| 1926 | 144 | #506 |
| 1925 | 152 | #492 |
| 1924 | 169 | #476 |
| 1923 | 156 | #491 |
| 1922 | 169 | #473 |
| 1921 | 169 | #471 |
| 1920 | 190 | #437 |
| 1919 | 208 | #404 |
| 1918 | 203 | #411 |
| 1917 | 170 | #436 |
| 1916 | 192 | #400 |
| 1915 | 143 | #459 |
| 1914 | 118 | #444 |
| 1913 | 103 | #423 |
| 1912 | 86 | #421 |
| 1911 | 43 | #446 |
| 1910 | 40 | #430 |
| 1909 | 23 | #545 |
| 1908 | 29 | #452 |
| 1907 | 34 | #385 |
| 1906 | 33 | #363 |
| 1905 | 32 | #365 |
| 1904 | 19 | #492 |
| 1903 | 27 | #370 |
| 1902 | 39 | #308 |
| 1901 | 30 | #325 |
| 1900 | 50 | #292 |
| 1899 | 34 | #300 |
| 1898 | 29 | #360 |
| 1897 | 35 | #311 |
| 1896 | 34 | #323 |
| 1895 | 33 | #316 |
| 1894 | 32 | #308 |
| 1893 | 47 | #256 |
| 1892 | 46 | #265 |
| 1891 | 36 | #269 |
| 1890 | 46 | #250 |
| 1889 | 36 | #281 |
| 1888 | 50 | #245 |
| 1887 | 41 | #247 |
| 1886 | 66 | #200 |
| 1885 | 61 | #203 |
| 1884 | 41 | #265 |
| 1883 | 59 | #197 |
| 1882 | 61 | #207 |
| 1881 | 53 | #208 |
| 1880 | 70 | #180 |
Names like Newton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Reuben, Archie, Arthur, Ollie, Charlie, Henry, Oscar, Rupert, Louie, Albert, Edward, Harry
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Newton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/newton, updated 20 October 2026.