# Newman (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/newman/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “newcomer” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈnumən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,896 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,896 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From new + man: a "newcomer".

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 6 | 8,484 |
| 1996 | 6 | 8,676 |
| 1998 | 5 | 10,806 |
| 1999 | 5 | 11,093 |
| 2000 | 6 | 9,952 |
| 2004 | 5 | 12,657 |
| 2005 | 7 | 9,839 |
| 2007 | 5 | 13,820 |
| 2009 | 9 | 8,788 |
| 2011 | 7 | 10,440 |
| 2012 | 6 | 11,827 |
| 2015 | 6 | 11,685 |
| 2017 | 5 | 13,677 |
| 2019 | 6 | 11,737 |
| 2024 | 5 | 13,653 |

## People named Newman

- Theodore Newman Kaufman, American activist (1910–1986)
- Eugene Parker, American astronomer (1927–2022)
- Harry Treadaway, British actor
- Luke Treadaway, British actor
- Nathan Trott, English-Bermudian association football player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.