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Newborn

About 29 American babies have been named Newborn since 1987, most of them around 1987. It is given to both boys and girls. It has not appeared in the national data since 1988. About 30 Newborns are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 38.

Popularity, 1880–2025

Births per year, 1880 to 2025 0 3 6 9 12 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

girls named Newborn boys named Newborn

By the numbers

Total US births
29
Estimated living today
30
Median age today
38
Peak year
1987
Best rank
3,959th
Rank in 2025
unranked
First recorded
1987
Girls / boys
11 / 18

Where Newborn is most common

Relative to how many babies each state records, Newborn is most concentrated in New York (12.8×).

Total births recorded in each state since 1910. Browse names by state.

Names of 1987

The most popular boys’ names the year Newborn peaked:

All the names of 1987

Related names

Newborn 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.