Recorded 1928–2019 Boys' name Peak 2006 74 births

Numan — boys' name

74 babies named Numan in U.S. Social Security records since 1928, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1920s51930s61990s152000s352010s13
2000s
Peak decade

47% of everyone ever named Numan was born in this single decade.

2006
Single peak year

10 babies were named Numan in 2006 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Numan

The Social Security Administration has registered 74 babies named Numan between 1928 and 2019, spanning 92 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Numan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Numan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Numan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Numan 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 74 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.

Numan at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

74

Since 1928

92 years of records

Peak year

2006

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1928

Recorded for 92 years

Last year on file: 2019

Numan popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1928

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2006)
10
Annual births at peak — across 92 years of records
4681012 201920112008200620052004200019981994199319321928 5

Numan by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
35 births that decade — 47% of Numan's all-time total
1920s51930s61990s152000s352010s13

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Numan?
74 babies have been named Numan since 1928. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2006 with 10 births.
When was Numan most popular?
Numan was most popular in the 2000s decade with 35 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
How long has the name Numan been used?
Numan has been recorded in Social Security data since 1928, spanning 92 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Numan?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Numa, Numair. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1928–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.