How rare is the name Neftali?

4,193 people in the United States have the first name Neftali, about 1 in 72,032. It ranks #4,448 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

NEFTALI

#4,448

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,193
About
1 in 72,032
This common or more
84.1%
Who bears it

Of the 4,193 people named Neftali, 97.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino and 1.7% as White. 90.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Neftali peaked in 2003, when 90 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19532025
Peak year
2003
Births that year
90
In 2025*
53 ▼41%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 2,677 babies have been given the name since 1953. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Neftali by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #3,947. The largest share of babies named Neftali, 41.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1950s#8,67441
1960s#5,900118
1970s#4,973225
1980s#4,935292
1990s#3,947562
2000s#4,023764
2010s#6,074449
2020s#6,806226
Baby boom 1946–643.6%
Generation X 1965–8011.7%
Millennials 1981–9623.1%
Generation Z 1997–1241.9%
2013 and later19.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Neftali is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Neftali has been most common in California (4.4×), Texas (3.1×), and New York (2.8×), and least common in Illinois (0.62×).

1,128 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Neftali

2 other first names also have 4,193 people.

#4,448 Hala · 4,193#4,448 Inga · 4,193

Either side of Neftali

#4,448 Hala · 4,193#4,448 Inga · 4,193#4,451 Tarik · 4,190#4,452 Zora · 4,188

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Neftali, most common first.

#15,698 Neftaly · 729#21,056 Neptali · 486#26,290 Nephtali · 355#52,133 Neptaly · 109

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