Naphtali
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Naphtali is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “to compete with”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Naphtali mean?
Hebrew
“to compete with”
A male given name from Hebrew.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Naphtali a girl's or a boy's name?
Naphtali is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Naphtali in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 4 boys.
Naphtali in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
How popular is Naphtali in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Naphtali, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the boys named Naphtali in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 98 boys in the US were given Naphtali or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,502, up from #10,690 for this spelling alone.
Naphtali in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
Names like Naphtali
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ibrahim Muhammad Musa Zakariya Yusuf Ismail Abdullah Mustafa Noah Bodhi Levi Yahya
Other spellings of Naphtali
More Hebrew names
Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Naphtali: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/naphtali, updated 20 October 2026.