Naphtali**
#8,839 most common boys' name of all time · #22,352 across all names · 77% boys / 23% girls · used 1975–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#8,839
Rank overall
#22,352 of 105,966
First appeared
1975
Years on the list
40 of 146
All-time
354
Since 2016
93
Peak year
2018 #6,153
Best rank
#4,776 1979
Girls
Boys
peak 19/yr
Naphtali first appears in 1975. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,002 |
| 2024 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,278 |
| 2023 | — | 15 | 15 | #6,028 |
| 2022 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,506 |
| 2021 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2020 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,843 |
| 2019 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,121 |
| 2018 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #6,153 |
| 2017 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #8,364 |
| 2016 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,096 |
| 2015 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,877 |
| 2014 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,040 |
| 2013 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,070 |
| 2012 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,005 |
| 2011 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #9,037 |
| 2010 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,999 |
| 2009 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #7,910 |
| 2008 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #8,567 |
| 2007 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #8,430 |
| 2006 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #11,064 |
| 2004 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,760 |
| 2003 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,144 |
| 2002 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #8,785 |
| 2001 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,661 |
| 1999 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,449 |
| 1998 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,541 |
| 1997 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,763 |
| 1996 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,504 |
| 1994 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1992 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,413 |
| 1991 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,245 |
| 1990 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,833 |
| 1987 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,881 |
| 1986 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1984 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #6,926 |
| 1982 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #4,938 |
| 1981 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1980 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,081 |
| 1979 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,776 |
| 1975 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,255 |