Naaman — #12383 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Naaman

The Social Security Administration has registered 854 babies named Naaman between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Naaman currently holds the #12383 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Naaman performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 139 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Naaman shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in West Virginia, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Naaman in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Naaman in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 854 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.