Newton is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1919 and has since faded.
Newton is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #6,059 for boy births in the United States (and #12,748 across all names), given to 15 babies. Newton first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1919 (208 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | 15 | — | #6,059 |
| 2024 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,956 |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 | — | #4,301 |
| 2022 | 27 | 27 | — | #4,063 |
| 2021 | 26 | 26 | — | #4,095 |
| 2020 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,889 |
| 2019 | 31 | 31 | — | #3,614 |
| 2018 | 37 | 37 | — | #3,150 |
| 2017 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,862 |
| 2016 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,482 |
| 2015 | 26 | 26 | — | #4,045 |
| 2014 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,655 |
| 2013 | 24 | 24 | — | #4,144 |
| 2012 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,904 |
| 2011 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,869 |
| 2010 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,181 |
| 2009 | 25 | 25 | — | #4,132 |
| 2008 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,659 |
| 2007 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,865 |
| 2006 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,634 |
| 2005 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,416 |
| 2004 | 14 | 14 | — | #5,707 |
| 2003 | 16 | 16 | — | #4,974 |
| 2002 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,072 |
| 2001 | 8 | 8 | — | #8,087 |
| 2000 | 18 | 18 | — | #4,326 |
| 1999 | 23 | 23 | — | #3,456 |
| 1998 | 15 | 15 | — | #4,577 |
| 1997 | 19 | — | — | #3,693 |
| 1996 | 20 | — | — | #3,513 |
| 1995 | 21 | — | — | #3,272 |
| 1994 | 38 | — | — | #2,162 |
| 1993 | 24 | — | — | #2,920 |
| 1992 | 25 | — | — | #2,796 |
| 1991 | 29 | — | — | #2,449 |
| 1990 | 18 | — | — | #3,416 |
| 1989 | 20 | — | — | #3,056 |
| 1988 | 20 | — | — | #2,825 |
| 1987 | 20 | — | — | #2,688 |
| 1986 | 30 | — | — | #1,993 |
| 1985 | 20 | — | — | #2,570 |
| 1984 | 24 | — | — | #2,216 |
| 1983 | 15 | — | — | #3,024 |
| 1982 | 22 | — | — | #2,317 |
| 1981 | 28 | — | — | #1,976 |
| 1980 | 19 | — | — | #2,591 |
| 1979 | 27 | — | — | #1,984 |
| 1978 | 22 | — | — | #2,180 |
| 1977 | 22 | — | — | #2,185 |
| 1976 | 25 | — | — | #1,974 |
| 1975 | 25 | — | — | #1,927 |
| 1974 | 27 | — | — | #1,776 |
| 1973 | 31 | — | — | #1,574 |
| 1972 | 38 | — | — | #1,382 |
| 1971 | 36 | — | — | #1,430 |
| 1970 | 32 | — | — | #1,511 |
| 1969 | 34 | — | — | #1,389 |
| 1968 | 31 | — | — | #1,416 |
| 1967 | 37 | — | — | #1,246 |
| 1966 | 32 | — | — | #1,360 |
| 1965 | 39 | — | — | #1,229 |
| 1964 | 43 | — | — | #1,185 |
| 1963 | 40 | — | — | #1,236 |
| 1962 | 46 | — | — | #1,142 |
| 1961 | 45 | — | — | #1,195 |
| 1960 | 51 | — | — | #1,093 |
| 1959 | 52 | — | — | #1,078 |
| 1958 | 47 | — | — | #1,124 |
| 1957 | 63 | — | — | #961 |
| 1956 | 54 | — | — | #1,027 |
| 1955 | 74 | — | — | #861 |
| 1954 | 63 | — | — | #937 |
| 1953 | 53 | — | — | #996 |
| 1952 | 58 | — | — | #935 |
| 1951 | 71 | — | — | #834 |
| 1950 | 78 | — | — | #775 |
| 1949 | 56 | — | — | #932 |
| 1948 | 85 | — | — | #732 |
| 1947 | 80 | — | — | #770 |
| 1946 | 80 | — | — | #737 |
| 1945 | 67 | — | — | #752 |
| 1944 | 82 | — | — | #692 |
| 1943 | 94 | — | — | #665 |
| 1942 | 108 | — | — | #608 |
| 1941 | 83 | — | — | #674 |
| 1940 | 66 | — | — | #767 |
| 1939 | 89 | — | — | #620 |
| 1938 | 83 | — | — | #659 |
| 1937 | 96 | — | — | #591 |
| 1936 | 78 | — | — | #672 |
| 1935 | 90 | — | — | #623 |
| 1934 | 99 | — | — | #594 |
| 1933 | 110 | — | — | #548 |
| 1932 | 116 | — | — | #547 |
| 1931 | 122 | — | — | #526 |
| 1930 | 99 | — | — | #620 |
| 1929 | 117 | — | — | #544 |
| 1928 | 145 | — | — | #503 |
| 1927 | 141 | — | — | #515 |
| 1926 | 144 | — | — | #507 |
| 1925 | 152 | — | — | #492 |
| 1924 | 169 | — | — | #476 |
| 1923 | 156 | — | — | #492 |
| 1922 | 174 | — | #5,575 | #476 |
| 1921 | 169 | — | — | #472 |
| 1920 | 190 | — | — | #438 |
| 1919 | 208 | — | — | #404 |
| 1918 | 203 | — | — | #411 |
| 1917 | 170 | — | — | #436 |
| 1916 | 192 | — | — | #400 |
| 1915 | 143 | — | — | #460 |
| 1914 | 118 | — | — | #444 |
| 1913 | 103 | — | — | #425 |
| 1912 | 86 | — | — | #422 |
| 1911 | 43 | — | — | #450 |
| 1910 | 40 | — | — | #436 |
| 1909 | 23 | — | — | #553 |
| 1908 | 29 | — | — | #461 |
| 1907 | 34 | — | — | #387 |
| 1906 | 33 | — | — | #373 |
| 1905 | 32 | — | — | #368 |
| 1904 | 19 | — | — | #506 |
| 1903 | 27 | — | — | #380 |
| 1902 | 39 | — | — | #311 |
| 1901 | 30 | — | — | #331 |
| 1900 | 50 | — | — | #293 |
| 1899 | 34 | — | — | #303 |
| 1898 | 29 | — | — | #362 |
| 1897 | 35 | — | — | #315 |
| 1896 | 34 | — | — | #328 |
| 1895 | 33 | — | — | #325 |
| 1894 | 32 | — | — | #315 |
| 1893 | 47 | — | — | #257 |
| 1892 | 46 | — | — | #265 |
| 1891 | 36 | — | — | #272 |
| 1890 | 46 | — | — | #251 |
| 1889 | 36 | — | — | #283 |
| 1888 | 50 | — | — | #249 |
| 1887 | 41 | — | — | #248 |
| 1886 | 66 | — | — | #203 |
| 1885 | 61 | — | — | #203 |
| 1884 | 41 | — | — | #267 |
| 1883 | 59 | — | — | #197 |
| 1882 | 61 | — | — | #209 |
| 1881 | 53 | — | — | #210 |
| 1880 | 70 | — | — | #182 |