# Newton (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/newton/  
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 | English |
| Meaning | “new town”, “naples”, “nablus” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈn(j)uːtən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,182 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 8,177 / 5 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 96, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Neweton, from Old English nēowa tūn (“new town”). Compare same construction in Italian Napoli (“Naples”) and in Arabic نَابُلُس (nābulus, “Nablus”). The unexpected Early Modern pronunciation with /ɛʊ̯/ instead of /ɪʊ̯/, as securely attested in Richard Hodges' 1644 English Primrose and confirmed by obsolete Welsh Newtwnn, is due to trisyllabic shortening in Old English nēowa tūn or Middle English Neweton.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1922 | 5 | 5,575 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 5,869 |
| 2012 | 15 | 5,904 |
| 2013 | 24 | 4,144 |
| 2014 | 21 | 4,655 |
| 2015 | 26 | 4,045 |
| 2016 | 17 | 5,482 |
| 2017 | 28 | 3,862 |
| 2018 | 37 | 3,150 |
| 2019 | 31 | 3,614 |
| 2020 | 27 | 3,889 |
| 2021 | 26 | 4,095 |
| 2022 | 27 | 4,063 |
| 2023 | 25 | 4,301 |
| 2024 | 28 | 3,956 |
| 2025 | 15 | 6,059 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: نْيُوتَن
- Bulgarian: Ню́тон, Ню́тън
- Chinese: 牛頓 /牛顿
- Georgian: ნიუტონი
- Greek: Νεύτων, Νεύτωνας
- Japanese: ニュートン
- Korean: 뉴턴
- Latvian: Ņūtons
- Russian: Нью́тон, Ньюто́н
- Catalan: Vilanova
- French: Villeneuve, De Villeneuve, Devilleneuve
- German: Neustadt
- Spanish: Villanueva

## People named Newton

- James Newton Howard, American composer and music producer (born 1951)
- Newton Diehl Baker Jr., American politician (1871–1937)
- Newton Thomas Sigel, American cinematographer
- Newton C. Blanchard, American politician (1849-1922)
- Newton Knight, American Civil War guerilla
- Newton Faulkner, English singer-songwriter
- Horace Newton Allen, American missionary, diplomat, physician (1858-1932)
- Newton Cannon, American politician (1781-1841)
- Newton W. Gilbert, American politician (1862–1939)
- Newton Horace Winchell, American geologist (1839-1914)
- Newton Mendonça, Brazilian musician, composer, and lyricist (1927–1960)
- Newton Cardoso, Brazilian politician (1938–2025)

## 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.