Boys' name · since 1928
Numan
81 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.
- #18,820 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,832 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 81
- born since 1928
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Numan is the #9832 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 81 recorded since 1928.
Numan has 81 recorded births among boys since 1928, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9832 as of the latest data, more common than 29% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1928 to 2025.
- #18,820 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,832 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 81 born since 1928
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Numan ranks #18,820 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,832 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 81 born since 1928, peaking in the 2000s.
- #18,820 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,832 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 81
- born since 1928
- 2000s
- peak decade
Numan's 81 recorded births place it above 58.57% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Numan compares
81 23rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Numan's all-time total is 78% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Numan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 81 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Numan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Numan's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1928, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Numan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1928–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 98 years of records
Numan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (35 births, 43% of the file).
2000s was Numan's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Numan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s 6
1930s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
15 births
- 2000s
2000s
35 births
- 2010s 13
2010s
13 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 35 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Numan's decade-level peak was the 2000s (35 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Numan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~97 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1928–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Numan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.