Hooman

Boys' name

Good-natured

Hooman has been given to 29 babies in the U.S. since 1977. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1977, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Hooman, 1993

1 in 628,000

Hooman over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Hooman: meaning, origin, and history

Good-natured

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Hooman means

Hooman means “good-natured”, associated with human.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Persian هومن (human, literally “good-natured”), from Middle Persian [Term?].

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Origin, language, and formation

Hooman is used in English.

Hooman comes through Persian هومن.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include هومن.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 29 boys were recorded with the name Hooman between 1977 and 1993. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1977; its best national rank was #4,795 in 1977.

How common is Hooman?

Hooman had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1993, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1993: 1 in 628,000; 6 of 3,768,729 births
Among boys only: 1 in 327,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1993: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 435,382 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Hooman sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1993 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 435,382 children born in 1993 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Hooman. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Hoomans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Hooman was born before 1980 — so the typical Hooman is around 45 today.

Median birth year: 1980; About 45 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 41.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 29; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 41.4% of all recorded uses (12).

Is Hooman rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1977 (7)
Years since peak: 48; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 20.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,795; 1977

Spellings of Hooman

Hooman is not the most common spelling — Norman is, with 49.1% against Hooman's <0.01%.

Norman49.1%253,160
Herman26.4%135,977
Roman20.3%104,653
Hyman1.1%5,858
Osman0.76%3,893
Dorman0.37%1,898
Soloman0.33%1,679
Hogan0.30%1,548

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Hooman by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,795; 1977
Peak year: 1977; 7 that year
First recorded: 1977
Last recorded: 1993
All-time count: 29
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Hooman

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Rhoman Hooper Guzman Arshman Sriman Twyman Erdman Forman Tedman Perman Teoman Beauman Kaiman Yorman Nauman Lowman Josman Thaman Hood Soliman Jasman Hooker Numan Lukman

Sibling names for Hooman

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Jason Kevin Sommer Tamar Salina Jamila Corrie Shanta

For a brother

Torrey Tory Aric Rodrick Delvin Andrea Cedrick Jamey

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