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.
47% of everyone ever named Numan was born in this single decade.
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 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Numan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1928
- Peak year (2006)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 92 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
74 total births across 92 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 10 births in a single year.
Numan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 35 births that decade — 47% of Numan's all-time total
Numan decade highlights
- Peak decade 35 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Numan's strongest decade
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
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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.