Newell is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1916 and has since faded.
Newell is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2019. Newell was first reported in SSA data in 1881 and peaked in 1916 (96 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,676 |
| 2018 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,543 |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,455 |
| 2010 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,683 |
| 2009 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,124 |
| 2008 | 5 | 5 | — | #14,012 |
| 1999 | 8 | 8 | — | #7,659 |
| 1998 | 7 | 7 | — | #8,188 |
| 1997 | 5 | — | — | #10,320 |
| 1995 | 5 | — | — | #9,861 |
| 1993 | 9 | — | — | #6,084 |
| 1991 | 9 | — | — | #5,803 |
| 1990 | 8 | — | — | #6,241 |
| 1989 | 7 | — | — | #6,723 |
| 1988 | 5 | — | — | #8,149 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | — | #6,705 |
| 1986 | 5 | — | — | #7,484 |
| 1985 | 9 | — | — | #4,579 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | — | #6,982 |
| 1982 | 8 | — | — | #4,870 |
| 1980 | 9 | — | — | #4,391 |
| 1979 | 6 | — | — | #5,836 |
| 1978 | 8 | — | — | #4,438 |
| 1977 | 11 | — | — | #3,526 |
| 1976 | 5 | — | — | #6,203 |
| 1975 | 9 | — | — | #3,846 |
| 1974 | 9 | — | — | #3,745 |
| 1973 | 14 | — | — | #2,680 |
| 1972 | 8 | — | — | #3,859 |
| 1971 | 18 | — | — | #2,254 |
| 1970 | 24 | — | — | #1,834 |
| 1969 | 15 | — | — | #2,276 |
| 1968 | 12 | — | — | #2,540 |
| 1967 | 16 | — | — | #2,012 |
| 1966 | 16 | — | — | #2,022 |
| 1965 | 15 | — | — | #2,144 |
| 1964 | 16 | — | — | #2,088 |
| 1963 | 18 | — | — | #1,943 |
| 1962 | 23 | — | — | #1,698 |
| 1961 | 15 | — | — | #2,211 |
| 1960 | 17 | — | — | #2,018 |
| 1959 | 28 | — | — | #1,519 |
| 1958 | 24 | — | — | #1,629 |
| 1957 | 19 | — | — | #1,878 |
| 1956 | 29 | — | — | #1,475 |
| 1955 | 32 | — | — | #1,360 |
| 1954 | 29 | — | — | #1,425 |
| 1953 | 33 | — | — | #1,322 |
| 1952 | 42 | — | — | #1,145 |
| 1951 | 41 | — | — | #1,132 |
| 1950 | 34 | — | — | #1,250 |
| 1949 | 25 | — | — | #1,493 |
| 1948 | 36 | — | — | #1,212 |
| 1947 | 47 | — | — | #1,060 |
| 1946 | 47 | — | — | #998 |
| 1945 | 32 | — | — | #1,177 |
| 1944 | 50 | — | — | #903 |
| 1943 | 62 | — | — | #841 |
| 1942 | 53 | — | — | #920 |
| 1941 | 55 | — | — | #854 |
| 1940 | 53 | — | — | #870 |
| 1939 | 39 | — | — | #1,026 |
| 1938 | 51 | — | — | #877 |
| 1937 | 51 | — | — | #861 |
| 1936 | 60 | — | — | #792 |
| 1935 | 45 | — | — | #951 |
| 1934 | 44 | — | — | #965 |
| 1933 | 58 | — | — | #819 |
| 1932 | 49 | — | — | #935 |
| 1931 | 54 | — | — | #875 |
| 1930 | 62 | — | — | #828 |
| 1929 | 62 | — | — | #832 |
| 1928 | 76 | — | #5,235 | #772 |
| 1927 | 69 | — | #4,670 | #856 |
| 1926 | 80 | — | #5,409 | #744 |
| 1925 | 67 | — | #4,318 | #866 |
| 1924 | 73 | — | #4,882 | #832 |
| 1923 | 90 | — | #3,574 | #726 |
| 1922 | 77 | — | — | #756 |
| 1921 | 78 | — | #5,667 | #797 |
| 1920 | 81 | — | #4,814 | #765 |
| 1919 | 74 | — | — | #751 |
| 1918 | 92 | — | #3,439 | #689 |
| 1917 | 75 | — | — | #704 |
| 1916 | 105 | — | #3,193 | #595 |
| 1915 | 88 | — | #4,118 | #642 |
| 1914 | 67 | — | #3,496 | #651 |
| 1913 | 59 | — | — | #571 |
| 1912 | 41 | — | — | #664 |
| 1911 | 24 | — | — | #638 |
| 1910 | 13 | — | — | #915 |
| 1908 | 13 | — | — | #770 |
| 1907 | 15 | — | — | #690 |
| 1906 | 9 | — | — | #902 |
| 1905 | 7 | — | — | #1,060 |
| 1904 | 10 | — | — | #797 |
| 1903 | 13 | — | — | #645 |
| 1902 | 6 | — | — | #1,107 |
| 1901 | 13 | — | — | #580 |
| 1900 | 9 | — | — | #949 |
| 1899 | 10 | — | — | #694 |
| 1898 | 11 | — | — | #694 |
| 1897 | 9 | — | — | #768 |
| 1895 | 8 | — | — | #848 |
| 1893 | 8 | — | — | #812 |
| 1892 | 8 | — | — | #841 |
| 1891 | 6 | — | — | #925 |
| 1890 | 8 | — | — | #795 |
| 1888 | 5 | — | — | #1,130 |
| 1887 | 5 | — | — | #1,015 |
| 1886 | 8 | — | — | #741 |
| 1885 | 7 | — | — | #815 |
| 1884 | 8 | — | — | #740 |
| 1883 | 10 | — | — | #626 |
| 1882 | 5 | — | — | #1,048 |
| 1881 | 14 | — | — | #479 |