How Many People Are Named Newell?
people named Newell are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 399,281 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,319 babies named Newell in Social Security records from 1881 to 2019, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
105 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Newell (99.9%) were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1910s: 4.7% of the babies were girls then and 0% in the 1970s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Newell alive today is about 64 years old, and 66% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 54 and 79 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Newell first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 1916, to 105 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2019.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2019
🏆 Rank History
Newell has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #479, in 1881.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #479 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #788 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Newell alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Newell were born in Utah than in any other state: about 10 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Newell was given 34.1 times as often in Utah, 5.9 times in Tennessee and 3.1 times in Texas.
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