Naftali

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Naftali: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Naftali: Recorded since 2002, its highest recorded position is #2,254, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#2254highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2002–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#2254
2003	#3467
2005	#2418
2006	#2870
2008	#3158
2009	#2544
2010	#3332
2012	#4805
2013	#3315
2014	#4632
2015	#2483
2016	#4810
2018	#4749
2020	#3334
2021	#3990
2022	#4789
2023	#4991
2024	#3254

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 18 of the 23 years from 2002 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2002–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #2254 among boys in England and Wales in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2002–2024
Highest recorded position: #2254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2002 (recorded 2002–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Naftali by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Naftali in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000sbusiest	31	6 of 10	5
2010s	30	7 of 10	4
2020s	21	5 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Naftali appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2254 in England and Wales in 2002.

Naftali's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2483	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2002 and 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,254, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,254position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
8births registered in its largest year, 2015Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Alhaji · #2254, 16y
Angelos · #2254, 19y
Baron · #2254, 16y
Calen · #2254, 18y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Alhaji · #2254, 16y
Chibuike · #2254, 10y
Fadi · #2254, 18y
Korbin · #2254, 13y

Naftali and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Naftali without appearing here.

Naftali moved ahead of

Morten Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4632 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2483 and #4747.
Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Naftali

Gunnar Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2483 and #3373 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #2556.
Isak Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2483 and #3908 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #3478.
Henrik Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2254 and #2636 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #3467 and #2470.
Leif Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3158 and #3687 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #2544 and #1568.

Moved the opposite way to Naftali

Albie Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Naftali went from #2254 to #3254 while Albie went from #722 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Naftali went from #2254 to #3254 while Alfie went from #49 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Naftali went from #2254 to #3254 while Alfred went from #142 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Naftali went from #2254 to #3254 while Archie went from #55 to #10.

Moved the same way as Naftali

Aaron Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Naftali went from #2254 to #3254 and Aaron from #36 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Naftali went from #2254 to #3254 and Adam from #17 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Naftali went from #2254 to #3254 and Alan from #239 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Naftali went from #2254 to #3254 and Alex from #42 to #171.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2254 in England and Wales in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Naftali

Naftali at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Naftali by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Naftali appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Naftali at a glance

Naftali by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Naftali appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Naftali and the names beside it

Naftali moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Naftali

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