Newell
Newell is a boy's name that peaked in 1916, when it was the 593rd most popular in the United States. It has not appeared in the national data since 2019. About 860 Newells are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 69.
Popularity, 1880–2025
girls named Newell boys named Newell
By the numbers
- Total US births
- 3,319
- Estimated living today
- 860
- Median age today
- 69
- Peak year
- 1916
- Best rank
- 593rd
- Rank in 2025
- unranked
- First recorded
- 1881
- Girls / boys
- 79 / 3,240
How old the living Newells are
born that year still alive today
Of the 3,319 babies given the name since 1881, about 860 are alive — 26 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 1956 and half after.
An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.
Where Newell is most common
Relative to how many babies each state records, Newell is most concentrated in Utah (20.1×), Tennessee (6.6×), Texas (2.1×), North Carolina (1.9×).
Total births recorded in each state since 1910. Browse names by state.
Names of 1916
The most popular boys’ names the year Newell peaked:
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Newell against another name
Two names on one chart, with the year one overtook the other.
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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.