Naftali
#2,363 for boys in 2025, 58 births
- Peak · boys
- 2018 · 83 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,024since 1951
Naftali over time
Rank among boys' names. Naftali has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,363 | 58 |
| 2024 | #2,057 | 73 |
| 2023 | #2,014 | 75 |
| 2022 | #2,039 | 74 |
| 2021 | #2,277 | 61 |
| 2020 | #2,094 | 67 |
| 2019 | #2,110 | 68 |
| 2018 | #1,823 | 83 |
| 2017 | #2,566 | 49 |
| 2016 | #2,437 | 52 |
| 2015 | #2,253 | 59 |
| 2014 | #2,256 | 59 |
| 2013 | #2,594 | 46 |
| 2012 | #2,270 | 57 |
| 2011 | #3,046 | 37 |
| 2010 | #2,914 | 40 |
| 2009 | #2,119 | 64 |
| 2008 | #2,345 | 55 |
| 2007 | #2,684 | 45 |
| 2006 | #1,919 | 70 |
| 2005 | #1,922 | 66 |
| 2004 | #3,456 | 27 |
| 2003 | #2,780 | 35 |
| 2002 | #3,670 | 23 |
| 2001 | #3,842 | 21 |
| 2000 | #2,922 | 30 |
| 1999 | #3,591 | 21 |
| 1998 | #2,926 | 27 |
| 1997 | #2,228 | 38 |
| 1996 | #2,679 | 28 |
| 1995 | #3,854 | 16 |
| 1994 | #3,109 | 22 |
| 1993 | #2,577 | 28 |
| 1992 | #2,532 | 28 |
| 1991 | #3,224 | 19 |
| 1990 | #2,553 | 26 |
| 1989 | #2,989 | 20 |
| 1988 | #2,682 | 21 |
| 1987 | #2,468 | 22 |
| 1986 | #2,226 | 25 |
| 1985 | #2,504 | 20 |
| 1984 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #2,676 | 17 |
| 1982 | #2,972 | 15 |
| 1981 | #2,569 | 18 |
| 1980 | #2,162 | 24 |
| 1979 | #2,669 | 17 |
| 1978 | #2,205 | 21 |
| 1977 | #2,665 | 16 |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 12 |
| 1975 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1974 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,991 | 11 |
| 1971 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #2,739 | 12 |
| 1969 | #3,314 | 8 |
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| 1963 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #3,257 | 7 |
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| 1952 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Naftali! It came in at #3,714, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1951–1956, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Naftali is popular in 2018
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#395 · 1 in 2,280
- New Jersey#404 · 1 in 2,232
- Maryland#776 · 1 in 5,277
Best ever in a state: #342 in New Jersey, 2020.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New York | #395 | 42 | 1 in 2,280 |
| New Jersey | #404 | 18 | 1 in 2,232 |
| Maryland | #776 | 5 | 1 in 5,277 |
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See more about Naftali
- 306 spots since 2024 (#2,057 → #2,363)
- 269 spots since 2020 (#2,094 → #2,363)
- 110 spots since 2015 (#2,253 → #2,363)
- Debuted 1951
- Peaked 2018 at #1,823 (83 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 21,881 boys born in 2018 were named Naftali (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 29,450 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 27.2% of all boys named Naftali (550) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 28 | #3,257 (1957) | #3,650 |
| 1960s | 36 | #2,673 (1962) | #3,390 |
| 1970s | 124 | #2,205 (1978) | #2,829 |
| 1980s | 189 | #2,162 (1980) | #2,822 |
| 1990s | 253 | #2,228 (1997) | #2,927 |
| 2000s | 436 | #1,919 (2006) | #2,766 |
| 2010s | 550 | #1,823 (2018) | #2,427 |
| 2020s | 408 | #2,014 (2023) | #2,141 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Naftali in 2018
Top boys' names in 2018
More about 2018
boys
1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 21,881 of them was named Naftali, which outranked 87.1% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,809Syrus84
- #1,809Tobin84
- #1,809Zabdiel84
- #1,823Naftali83
- #1,823Akiva83
- #1,823Antony83
- #1,823Austyn83
- #1,838Booker82
- #1,838Chaz82
- #1,838Clive82
Tied with 14 names at #1,823; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.