boys:
438 births since 1976
#4148 (9th percentile)
overall:
438 births since 1976
#7301 (6th percentile)
The name Naftoli is the #7,301 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 438 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 5.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,148 (9.5% percentile) for all time with 438 births since 1976.
Naftoli first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (first recorded for boys in 1976). Birth data for Naftoli is available in 43 out of the 48 years between 1976 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Naftoli reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #872) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Naftoli ranks #904 for boys (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 79.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Naftoli".
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Our model has identified 8 different pronunciations for the name Naftoli. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 23.1% confident that Naftoli is pronounced as nuhf-TOH-lee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is NAF-toh-lee, at 23.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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