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Neftali

#2,784 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Neftali has been given to 2,677 babies in the U.S. since 1953. In 2025 it ranked #2,784 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2003, with 70 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 86% boys, 14% girls all-time.

Babies named Neftali, 2025

1 in 72,100

Neftali over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Neftali over time

In 2025, Neftali went to 13% girls and 87% boys.

19532025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Neftali: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Neftali means

Neftali is a given name.

The naming story behind Neftali

Wikidata records Neftali as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q19664688, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,290 boys were recorded with the name Neftali between 1953 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 70 in 2003; its best national rank was #1,592 in 1997.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #4,374 in 2020 to #2,784 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,008 in 2015 to #2,784 in 2025.

In the United States, 387 girls were recorded with the name Neftali between 1986 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 22 in 1997; its best national rank was #4,772 in 1997.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Neftali?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 72,100
46 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 37,100
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,784
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
49,955 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Neftali sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 49,955 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Neftali. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Neftalis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Neftali was born before 2001 — so the typical Neftali is around 24 today.

Median birth year
2001
About 24 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
25.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
50.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,290
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 25.5% of all recorded uses (584).

Is Neftali rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+1,506
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,590
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+224
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.18×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
65.7%
Peak was 2003 (70)
Years since peak
22
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
22.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,592
1997

Spellings of Neftali

Neftali is the most-used spelling, taking 46.0% of the 4,983 babies given a near-identical spelling.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Neftali is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Neftali was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 83,462 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 50,000
  2. 2New York1 in 50,000
  3. 3Texas1 in 50,000
  4. 4Florida1 in 100,000
  5. 5Georgia1 in —
  6. 6Illinois1 in —
  7. 7New Jersey1 in —
  8. 8Pennsylvania1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Neftali has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Neftali is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Neftali was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 170,444 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Neftali has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Notable people named Neftali

People whose public names include Neftali, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Neftali in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Neftali. Linked forms have their own page here.

NaftaliNaftoliNaphtali

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Neftali by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,784
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,590
Best rank ever
#1,592
1997
Peak year
2003
70 that year
First recorded
1953
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,290
Count in 2025
46

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#12,811
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#4,772
1997
Peak year
1997
22 that year
First recorded
1986
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
387
Count in 2025
7

Names similar to Neftali

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

NaftaliNeftalyDenaliKhaliWaliNaphtaliKaliCaliAmiraliMuhammadaliGhaliJabaliKamaliNefiNephtaliVitaliMaliMohamedaliNickaliAliAbdulwaliJahmaliMohammadaliMohammedali

Names with a curve like Neftali

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Neftali, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Neftali

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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