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Naphtali
OriginHebrew
Meaning"wrestling, struggling"
About Naphtali
Rarely used biblical choice -- he's a son of Jacob -- with a bit of a white-bearded image.
Pronounced NAF-tah-ly.
As of October 2026, Naphtali ranked #11588 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #4707 in 1979.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Naphtali on lists
Famous Naphtalis
- Naphtali
sixth son of Jacob, founder of the Israelite Tribe of Naphtali
- Naphtali "Tuli" Kupferberg
American poet and musician of band the Fugs
- Naphtali Daggett
American minister and former president of Yale University
- Naphtali Hirz Wessely
German,Jewish scholar
- Naphtali Lewis
American papyrologist
- Naphtali Cohen
Russian,German rabbi
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Lavie, Israeli journalist and diplomat
- Naphtali Keller
Austrian scholar
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