Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Numan

#16,815 most common boys' name of all time · #43,896 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1928–2025

Rank among boys
#16,815
Rank overall
#43,896 of 105,966
First appeared
1928
Years on the list
13 of 146
All-time
81
Since 2016
12
Peak year
2006 #7,528
Best rank
#3,762 1932
Girls Boys peak 10/yr
19401960198020002020

Numan first appears in 1928. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 7 7 #9,841
2019 — 5 5 #12,381
2011 — 8 8 #8,904
2008 — 6 6 #11,250
2006 — 10 10 #7,528
2005 — 6 6 #10,341
2004 — 5 5 #11,598
2000 — 8 8 #7,551
1998 — 5 5 #9,901
1994 — 5 5 #9,049
1993 — 5 5 #8,995
1932 — 6 6 #3,762
1928 — 5 5 #4,713