Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Newton

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Newton
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1919

Peak rank proxy

208

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19192024

Peak year

1919

Decline from peak

86.5%

2024

All-time

8,162

Newton has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1919, when 208 boys were named Newton.

In 2024, only 28 boys were given the name.

Down 86.5% from its peak.

All told, about 8,162 Americans have been named Newton and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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