Nephi — #9978 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Nephi

The Social Security Administration has registered 723 babies named Nephi between 1918 and 2024, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nephi currently holds the #9978 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nephi performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 160 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Nephi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 101 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Nephi in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nephi 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 723 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.