How Many People Are Named Newton?
people named Newton are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 137,872 people in the US has this name
Based on 8,182 babies named Newton in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
208 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "new town" in Old English. A famous bearer of the surname was the English physicist Isaac Newton (1643-1727).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Newton in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Newton alive today is about 50 years old, and 45% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 29 and 73 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Newton first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1919, to 208 babies. In 2025, 15 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Newton has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #182, in 1880. In 2025 it ranked #6,056.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,056 |
| Best rank | #182 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #482 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Newton alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Newton were born in California than in any other state: about 131 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Newton was given 3.8 times as often in Louisiana, 2.8 times in Georgia and 2.7 times in Texas.
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