How Many People Are Named Naphtali?
people named Naphtali are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 984,970 people in the US has this name
Based on 354 babies named Naphtali in Social Security records from 1975 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
19 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "my struggle, my strife" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament he is a son of Jacob by Rachel's servant Bilhah, and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Naphtali, 23.5% were girls and 76.5% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Naphtali alive today is about 21 years old, and 74% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 31 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Naphtali first appears in the records in 1975 and was given most often in 2018, to 19 babies. In 2025, 6 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1975 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Naphtali has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #4,705, in 1979. In 2025 it ranked #11,584. Among girls, its best rank was #7,968, in 1982.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #11,584 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #4,705 (1979) | #7,968 (1982) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #9,018 in the 2010s | #18,624 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Naphtali alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Naphtali were born in New York than in any other state: about 5 of those alive today.
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