How Many People Are Named Newman?
people named Newman are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 623,694 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,896 babies named Newman in Social Security records from 1882 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
67 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Newman in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Newman alive today is about 57 years old, and 52% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 40 and 75 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Newman first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1921, to 67 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Newman has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #595, in 1895.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #595 (1895) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,054 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Newman alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Newman were born in Texas than in any other state: about 6 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Newman was given 12.4 times as often in Louisiana and 9.6 times in Alabama.
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