Noman
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- noh-MAHN
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Noman is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Noman mean?
Arabic: South Asian spelling of Arabic Nu'man
Abu Hanifa, founder of the Hanafi school of Islamic law, was named al-Nu'man ibn Thabit.
Is Noman a girl's or a boy's name?
Noman is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Noman in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Noman in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Noman in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Noman in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Noman, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 1929.
Half of all the boys named Noman in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Noman in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
Names like Noman
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayan, Zayaan, Rayyan, Hamza, Muhammad, Yazan, Azaan, Hassan, Faizan, Usman, Musa, Zayd
Names related to Noman
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Noman: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/noman, updated 20 October 2026.