Newman
Newman is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. Its best rank was 595th, in 1895.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 50.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 192167 births
- Best rank
- #595in 1895
- Since 1882
- 1,896people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,896 boys have been named Newman in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 67 births.
The name has all but left use: 5 births in 2024, against 67 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1930, and the 1920s alone account for 23%. It has spent 18 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Newman | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 32 | |
| 1890s | 66 | |
| 1900s | 56 | |
| 1910s | 330 | |
| 1920s | 442 | |
| 1930s | 261 | |
| 1940s | 198 | |
| 1950s | 163 | |
| 1960s | 109 | |
| 1970s | 73 | |
| 1980s | 55 | |
| 1990s | 44 | |
| 2000s | 32 | |
| 2010s | 30 | |
| 2020s | 5 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Newman was the 848th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1921 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Newman
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Albinpeak 1919
- Oralpeak 1917
- Gerhardpeak 1917
- Earlepeak 1918
- Vernpeak 1920
- Earlpeak 1921
- Talmagepeak 1922
- Vernepeak 1919
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.