Naaman

boys:

849 births since 1912

#3738 (18th percentile)

overall:

849 births since 1912

#6890 (11th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Naaman is the #6,890 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 849 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 10.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,738 (18.4% percentile) for all time with 849 births since 1912.

Naaman first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (first recorded for boys in 1912). Birth data for Naaman is available in 91 out of the 112 years between 1912 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For boys, Naaman reached its peak popularity in 1977, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #662) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1912, with 18 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Naaman ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 24.7% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Naaman".

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Key Statistics

Total Births
849
Peak Births
20
Peak Year
1977
First Recorded
1912
Peak Percentile
1.8%
Current Percentile
0.3%
Peak Rank
#662
Current Rank
#908
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Naaman

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Naaman. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 45.7% confident that Naaman is pronounced as NAH-muhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is NAY-uh-muhn, at 28.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.

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45.7%
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25.7%
NAH-muhn (2 syllables)
45.7% confidence
N AA1 M AH0 N
NAY-uh-muhn (3 syllables)
28.6% confidence
N EY1 AH0 M AH0 N
NAY-muhn (2 syllables)
25.7% confidence
N EY1 M AH0 N

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

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