101 Most Popular Jewish Boys Names in Israel in 2014

[Update: The lists for 2015, 2016, 2017-2018, and 2019 are now available.]

Following yesterday’s posting of the 101 Most Popular Jewish Girls Names in Israel in 2014, I here present the most popular boys names. These names are taken from just-released information from the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Names have been translated and/or transliterated into English as necessary. In some cases, if the name is used in English in both forms (translated and transliterated), they are both presented in English.

The table below can be sorted by name in either Hebrew or English.

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Rank	Name (Hebrew)	Name (English)	Number
1	נוֹעַם	Noam	1608
2	אורי	Uri/Ori	1477
3	דָּוִד	David	1408
4	יוֹסֵף	Joseph	1344
5	אֵיתָן	Eitan (Ethan)	1275
6	אִיתַּי	Itai	1274
7	אֲרִיאֵל	Ariel	1252
8	דָּנִיֵּאל	Daniel	1191
9	יְהוֹנָתָן	Yehonatan	1130
10	מֹשֶׁה	Moshe	1017
11	אַבְרָהָם	Abraham	908
12	יוֹנָתָן	Yonatan (Jonathan)	887
13	עִידּוֹ	Ido	878
14	יְהוּדָה	Yehuda (Judah)	856
15	אִיתָמָר	Itamar	851
16	יָאִיר	Yair	825
17	עוֹמֶר	Omer	695
18	יִשְׂרָאֵל	Yisrael (Israel)	695
19	אַלּוֹן	Elon	673
20	יַעֲקֹב	Yaakov (Jacob)	666
21	יִצְחָק	Yitzchak (Isaac)	637
22	עָמִית	Amit	607
23	הַרְאֵל	Harel	606
24	אַלְיָה	Eliya	603
25	מִיכָאֵל	Michael	597
26	עִילָּאִי	Ilay	592
27	גַּיְא	Guy	563
28	חַיִּים	Chaim	551
29	נהוראי	Nehorai	540
30	שְׁמוּאֵל	Shmuel (Samuel)	534
31	בֵּן	Ben	496
32	שְׁלֹמֹה	Shlomo (Solomon)	477
33	אָדָם	Adam	475
34	נְתַנְאֵל	Netanel	475
35	שִׁמְעוֹן	Shimon (Simon)	469
36	לָבִיא	Lavi	468
37	רְפָאֵל	Raphael	456
38	מֵאִיר	Meir	452
39	לִיאַם	Liam	450
40	אַהֲרוֹן	Aharon (Aaron)	434
41	נָדָב	Nadav	431
42	יוּבַל	Yuval	422
43	יוֹאָב	Yoav	418
44	אוֹר	Or	415
45	נִיתַּאי	Nitai	403
46	בִּנְיָמִין	Benjamin	391
47	עִידָּן	Idan	382
48	מָרְדְּכַי	Mordechai	382
49	מְנַחֵם	Menachem	377
50	לִיאוֹר	Lior	374
51	יִשַׁי	Yishai	370
52	רוֹעִי	Roi	366
53	מָאוֹר	Maor	356
54	אֵלִיָּהוּ	Eliyahu	353
55	אָבִיב	Aviv	350
56	עוֹמֶרִי	Omri	332
57	יַנַּאי	Yanai	326
58	נָתָן	Natan (Nathan)	323
59	הלל	Hillel/Hallel	322
60	דּוֹר	Dor	319
61	מַתָּן	Matan	319
62	אֶבְיָתָר	Eviatar	312
63	אָסָף	Asaf	296
64	אוֹפִיר	Ophir	295
65	אייל	Eyal	291
66	שַׁחַר	Shachar	283
67	יָהֵלִי	Yaheli	259
68	אֲבִיאֵל	Aviel	258
69	אוּרִיאֵל	Uriel	252
70	אוֹפֶק	Ofek	241
71	רוֹן	Ron	222
72	אֶלְחָנָן	Elchanan	220
73	נוה	Neveh	216
74	נְבוֹ	Nevo	212
75	יָרִין	Yarin	211
76	יַהַב	Yahav	211
77	עוֹבַדְיָה	Ovadia (Obadiah)	208
78	אוריה	Uriah	202
79	תּוֹמֶר	Tomer	201
80	בְּאֵרִי	Beeri	201
81	דְּבִיר	Dvir	201
82	יִנּוֹן	Yinon	200
83	צְבִי	Zvi	198
84	אֱלִיאָב	Eliav	196
85	דָּן	Dan	194
86	תּוֹם	Tom	191
87	שִׁילֹה	Shilo	190
88	שַׁי	Shai	186
89	נַחְמָן	Nachman	185
90	אֲמִיתַּי	Amitai	184
91	רוֹם	Rom	183
92	שָׁלוֹם	Shalom	182
93	נֵרִיָּה	Neria	181
94	אֵלעָזָר	Elazar	181
95	לִירוֹי	Leroi	179
96	יוֹתָם	Yotam	175
97	אוֹשֶׁר	Osher	173
98	עִילַי	Ilay	172
99	אֵלעָד	Elad	168
100	אֲבִישַׁי	Avishai	167
101	יְדִידְיָה	Yedidya	165

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