Naphtali was the #10,695 boys' name in the US in 2025 (6 babies).
Naphtali as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
2025
#10,695 (6)
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2024
#10,938 (6)
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2023
#5,927 (15)
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2022
#8,300 (9)
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2020
#9,554 (7)
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2019
#10,803 (6)
#4,702 (3)
2018
#6,036 (14)
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2017
#8,140 (9)
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2016
#10,744 (6)
#4,810 (3)
2015
#9,568 (7)
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2014
#10,717 (6)
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2013
#10,728 (6)
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2012
#9,709 (7)
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2011
#8,767 (8)
#4,647 (3)
2010
#9,693 (7)
#3,865 (4)
Naphtali as a girl’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2021
#15,251 (5)
2018
#15,682 (5)
2017
#15,902 (5)
2011
#16,764 (5)
2009
#13,704 (7)
2008
#13,832 (7)
2007
#17,636 (5)
2006
#15,152 (6)
2002
#15,432 (5)
1994
#11,778 (6)
1986
#9,545 (6)
1984
#8,153 (7)
1982
#7,469 (8)
1981
#9,110 (6)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 2023 at #5,927.
Holding steady over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1975.
In 2018, 26% of US babies named Naphtali were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 250,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.