Neftaly — boys' name

What the Data Says About Neftaly

The Social Security Administration has registered 371 babies named Neftaly between 1969 and 2023, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Neftaly currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 19 babies received it in a single year. Neftaly is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 170 additional births since 1992.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Neftaly performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 125 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Neftaly shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 27 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Neftaly in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Neftaly 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 371 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.