Naphtali
Naphtali is the sixth son of Jacob in the Bible and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Naphtali.
- Biblical
Meaning & Origin of Naphtali
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Naphtali is the sixth son of Jacob in the Bible and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Naphtali.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Biblical
The Story of Naphtali
As a girl name
Naphtali first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1981, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1982: 8 births, good for #7,469 nationwide. About 36% of every Naphtali on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Naphtali last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 83 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Naphtali first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1975, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2023: 15 births, good for #5,924 nationwide. About 29% of every Naphtali on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Naphtali last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 265 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Naphtali
Naphtali is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1975 and has accumulated 265 births in the dataset. Naphtali's peak popularity came in 2023 when it ranked #5,924. Use the chart and map above to compare Naphtali's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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