Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Newman

#3,237 most common boys' name of all time · #7,860 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1882–2024

Rank among boys
#3,237
Rank overall
#7,860 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
114 of 146
All-time
1,896
Since 2016
16
Peak year
1921 #844
Best rank
#607 1895
Girls Boys peak 67/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Newman first appears in 1882. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2024 — 5 5 #12,382
2019 — 6 6 #10,837
2017 — 5 5 #12,283
2015 — 6 6 #10,676
2012 — 6 6 #10,802
2011 — 7 7 #9,639
2009 — 9 9 #8,322
2007 — 5 5 #12,414
2005 — 7 7 #9,146
2004 — 5 5 #11,385
2000 — 6 6 #9,156
1999 — 5 5 #9,954
1998 — 5 5 #9,659
1996 — 6 6 #8,004
1994 — 6 6 #7,802
1993 — 9 9 #5,790
1991 — 5 5 #8,298
1990 — 8 8 #5,854
1989 — 8 8 #5,654
1988 — 6 6 #6,469
1987 — 6 6 #6,132
1986 — 6 6 #5,969
1985 — 5 5 #6,584
1984 — 7 7 #5,011
1983 — 5 5 #6,295
1982 — 7 7 #5,046
1981 — 5 5 #6,318
1977 — 13 13 #3,059
1976 — 9 9 #3,754
1974 — 9 9 #3,591
1973 — 6 6 #4,556
1972 — 13 13 #2,678
1971 — 9 9 #3,398
1970 — 14 14 #2,528
1969 — 10 10 #2,893
1968 — 9 9 #2,930
1967 — 13 13 #2,263
1966 — 12 12 #2,348
1965 — 11 11 #2,497
1964 — 9 9 #2,883
1963 — 11 11 #2,562
1962 — 11 11 #2,538
1961 — 12 12 #2,436
1960 — 11 11 #2,561
1959 — 15 15 #2,129
1958 — 8 8 #3,060
1957 — 12 12 #2,400
1956 — 14 14 #2,190
1955 — 14 14 #2,157
1954 — 15 15 #2,054
1953 — 19 19 #1,786
1952 — 24 24 #1,557
1951 — 12 12 #2,268
1950 — 30 30 #1,319
1949 — 16 16 #1,887
1948 — 23 23 #1,529
1947 — 17 17 #1,860
1946 — 16 16 #1,834
1945 — 25 25 #1,335
1944 — 24 24 #1,380
1943 — 20 20 #1,594
1942 — 21 21 #1,548
1941 — 20 20 #1,550
1940 — 16 16 #1,758
1939 — 22 22 #1,439
1938 — 19 19 #1,574
1937 — 23 23 #1,415
1936 — 18 18 #1,605
1935 — 16 16 #1,779
1934 — 27 27 #1,305
1933 — 33 33 #1,151
1932 — 26 26 #1,364
1931 — 34 34 #1,176
1930 — 43 43 #1,059
1929 — 42 42 #1,066
1928 — 33 33 #1,263
1927 — 41 41 #1,120
1926 — 43 43 #1,080
1925 — 42 42 #1,083
1924 — 46 46 #1,051
1923 — 49 49 #999
1922 — 32 32 #1,292
1921 — 67 67 #844
1920 — 47 47 #1,011
1919 — 45 45 #1,012
1918 — 58 58 #876
1917 — 36 36 #1,122
1916 — 48 48 #920
1915 — 37 37 #1,061
1914 — 42 42 #832
1913 — 25 25 #1,015
1912 — 19 19 #1,078
1911 — 9 9 #1,230
1910 — 11 11 #1,018
1909 — 13 13 #828
1908 — 6 6 #1,275
1907 — 11 11 #856
1905 — 10 10 #819
1903 — 6 6 #1,075
1902 — 5 5 #1,217
1900 — 5 5 #1,383
1898 — 7 7 #956
1896 — 8 8 #877
1895 — 13 13 #607
1894 — 10 10 #723
1893 — 5 5 #1,108
1892 — 8 8 #839
1891 — 8 8 #756
1890 — 7 7 #864
1889 — 7 7 #851
1888 — 5 5 #1,106
1887 — 7 7 #804
1885 — 6 6 #905
1882 — 7 7 #829