101 Most Popular Jewish Girls Names in Israel in 2016

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

I’m happy to release my list of the 101 most popular Jewish girls names in Israel for 2016, based on recently released data for that year. This follows up my earlier releases of lists for 2014 and 2015. You can also see the lists for the 101 Most Popular Boys Names in Israel in 2016.

Three girls names broke into the top 101 in 2016 – Arbel (which jumped all the way from 104 to 73), Shoshana (105 to 93), and Chava (107 to 101). The three names that left the list were Lior (90 to 104), Shilat (101 to 105) and Yaara (92 to 106).

All the columns in the table below can be used to sort the table, so you can sort the table to see the order of ranking for each year, or by the spelling of the name in Hebrew or English. You can also search the table using the search field on the top right of the table.

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2016 Rank	2015 Rank	2014 Rank	Name (Hebrew)	Name (English)	Number
1	2	2	תָּמָר	Tamar	1322
2	1	1	נוֹעָה	Noa	1293
3	4	8	אֲבִיגַיִל	Abigail	1182
4	3	4	מַאיָה	Maya	1178
5	9	5	יָעֵל	Yael	1106
6	6	6	אַדֶל	Adele	1101
7	7	3	שִׁירָה	Shira	1047
8	10	10	שָׂרָה	Sarah	1034
9	8	9	איילה	Ayala	1003
10	5	7	טַלְיָה	Talia	989
11	16	11	אֶסְתֵּר	Esther	870
12	14	16	לִיָה	Lia	791
13	13	14	חַנָּה	Chana (Hanna)	771
14	19	18	רִבְקָה	Rivka (Rebecca)	746
15	11	19	רוֹנִי	Roni	740
16	12	17	רוֹמִי	Romi	730
17	18	21	הוֹדָיָה	Hodaya	700
18	20	15	אֵלָה	Elah	690
19	15	13	מִיכַל	Michal	689
20	24	27	חַיָּה	Chaya	682
21	22	20	רָחֵל	Rachel	677
22	17	12	נוֹיָה	Noya	655
23	23	26	מִרְיָם	Miriam	645
24	33	35	אֵמָה	Emma	642
25	29	33	רוּת	Ruth	593
26	21	24	יוּבַל	Yuval	586
27	26	22	עַלְמָה	Alma	579
28	39	37	הַלֵּל	Hallel	573
29	28	29	אֲרִיאֵל	Ariel	568
30	30	25	תָּהֶל	Tahal	554
31	25	23	אֲגַם	Agam	549
32	27	32	נָעֳמִי	Naomi	504
33	36	31	לִיאַן	Lian/Leanne	476
34	37	39	גַּאיָה	Gaia	452
35	35	40	אֶפְרָת	Efrat	451
36	34	28	עֲדִי	Adi	451
37	31	34	נֹגַהּ	Noga	449
38	32	30	הִילָּה	Hila	435
39	52	45	נֶטַע	Neta	432
40	41	41	לֵאָה	Leah	414
41	42	52	אֶמִילִי	Emily	412
42	77	95	עוֹמֶר	Omer	408
43	62	47	הֲדַסָּה	Hadassa	405
44	40	42	תְּהִילָּה	Tehila	405
45	38	36	מַעֲיָין	Maayan	393
46	50	53	טוֹהָר	Tohar	387
47	51	43	נוֹעַם	Noam	380
48	43	55	יָהֵלִי	Yaheli	379
49	64	62	לִיבִּי	Libi	378
50	44	50	אוריה	Uria/Oria	374
51	55	61	מַלְכָּה	Malka	373
52	56	46	מִיקָה	Mika	369
53	58	57	הֲדַס	Hadas	360
54	45	51	עוֹפְרִי	Ofri	354
55	46	38	הָדָר	Hadar	350
56	47	48	נַעֲמָה	Naama	346
57	57	56	יְהוּדִית	Yehudit (Judith)	337
58	53	68	אֱלִישֶׁבַע	Elisheva (Elizabeth)	336
59	49	59	שָׁקֵד	Shaked	336
60	48	60	שִׁיר	Shir	331
61	60	54	אוֹרִי	Ori	324
62	54	67	אֲבִישַׁג	Avishag	316
63	59	49	עָמִית	Amit	307
64	85	92	שַׁי-לִי	Shaily	299
65	66	71	אַלְיָה	Aliya	282
66	69	74	דְּבוֹרָה	Dvora (Deborah)	282
67	68	64	דָּנִיֵּאל	Daniel	281
68	70	72	גֶּפֶן	Gefen	279
69	63	58	אוֹפִיר	Ophir	278
70	61	44	אוֹר	Or	277
71	65	63	לִיאֵל	Liel	272
72	80	85	שַׁי	Shai	263
73	104	114	אַרְבֵּל	Arbel	262
74	72	75	שַׁחַר	Shachar	259
75	79	76	אָנָּאֵל	Anael	243
76	74	66	עֵדֶן	Eden	240
77	67	65	מוֹרִיָּה	Moriah	237
78	78	86	אֲבִיָּה	Avia	236
79	81	90	אַלְמָה	Alma	235
80	82	69	אָלִין	Aleen	218
81	76	83	מַאי	May	217
82	84	73	גִּילִי	Gili	210
83	73	79	נֶחָמָה	Nechama	209
84	98	77	רוֹתֶם	Rotem	203
85	97	82	בִּרָכָה	Bracha	202
86	88	84	זוֹהַר	Zohar	201
87	96	88	אֲבִיטַל	Avital	196
88	71	78	יַרְדֵּן	Yarden (Jordan)	196
89	95	101	כַּרְמֶל	Carmel	192
90	75	70	שָׁנִי	Shani	192
91	87	81	אוֹדֶל	Odele	190
92	89	106	גַּלִּי	Gali	185
93	105	112	שׁוֹשַׁנָּה	Shoshana	181
94	94	94	אָבִיב	Aviv	176
95	86	91	דָּנִיֵּאלָה	Daniella	174
96	93	93	הִילִי	Hili	174
97	83	89	בַּת שֶׁבַע	Batsheva	171
98	100	98	צִפּוֹרָה	Tziporah	169
99	99	132	יוּלִי	Yuli (July)	166
100	91	87	אוֹרִין	Orin	165
101	107	97	חַוָּה	Chava	165

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