Naftula
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NAHF-too-lah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Naftula is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my struggle”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Naftula mean?
Hebrew: Yiddish form of Naphtali
“my struggle”
Yiddish form of Naphtali, the son of Jacob and Bilhah whose descendants formed one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Is Naftula a girl's or a boy's name?
Naftula is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Naftula in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Naftula, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Naftula in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Naftula in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
Names like Naftula
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Naftula: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/naftula, updated 20 October 2026.