Naftali
Naftali is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 73 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 730.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 201883 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1951
- 1,965people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,965 boys have been named Naftali in the United States since 1951, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2018, with 83 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2008, and the 2010s alone account for 28%.
By decade
In 2018, its biggest year
Naftali was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2018 were Liam, Noah, William, James and Oliver. See all of 2018.
Names that rose and fell with Naftali
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Yisroelpeak 2019
- Octavianpeak 2021
- Chaimpeak 2022
- Pinchaspeak 2022
- Francopeak 2016
- Moshepeak 2023
- Shlomopeak 2024
- Simchapeak 2019
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.