Naftuli — #4017 US boys' name
639 babies named Naftuli in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 72% of names given to boys today.
39% of everyone ever named Naftuli was born in this single decade.
46 babies were named Naftuli in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Naftuli
The Social Security Administration has registered 639 babies named Naftuli between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Naftuli currently holds the #4017 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 46 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Naftuli performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 249 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Naftuli shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 452 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Naftuli in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Naftuli in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 639 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Naftuli at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Naftuli popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1991
- Peak year (2005)
- 46
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
Currently ranks #4017 among boys.
639 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 46 births in a single year.
Naftuli by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 249 births that decade — 39% of Naftuli's all-time total
Naftuli decade highlights
- Peak decade 249 births
- Runner-up 193 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Naftuli's strongest decade
249 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Naftuli by state
Where Naftuli concentrates geographically — total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 452 | 70.7% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.8% |
452 of 639 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 70.7% of nationwide
- New Jersey 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 70.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1991–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.