[Update: The lists for 2017-2018 and 2019 are now available.]
I’m happy to release my list of the 101 most popular Jewish boys 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 Jewish Girls Names in Israel in 2016.
Five boys names broke into the list in 2016 – Ari (all the way from 106 to 56), Malachi (107 to 77), Roy/Roi (108 to 88), Gabriel (111 to 92) and Osher (104 to 99). The five that left the list were Yotam (99 to 103), Tomer (91 to 105), Dan (101 to 106), Yarin (90 to 108), and Ofek (80 to 109).
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.
2016 Rank | 2015 Rank | 2014 Rank | Name (Hebrew) | Name (English) | Number |
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1 | 1 | 1 | נוֹעַם | Noam | 1505 |
2 | 2 | 3 | דָּוִד | David | 1479 |
3 | 3 | 2 | אורי | Uri/Ori | 1385 |
4 | 4 | 7 | אֲרִיאֵל | Ariel | 1251 |
5 | 6 | 4 | יוֹסֵף | Joseph | 1237 |
6 | 5 | 5 | אֵיתָן | Eitan (Ethan) | 1175 |
7 | 9 | 8 | דָּנִיֵּאל | Daniel | 1165 |
8 | 7 | 6 | אִיתַּי | Itai | 1067 |
9 | 8 | 9 | יְהוֹנָתָן | Yehonatan | 1053 |
10 | 10 | 10 | מֹשֶׁה | Moshe | 975 |
11 | 14 | 14 | יְהוּדָה | Yehuda (Judah) | 956 |
12 | 13 | 11 | אַבְרָהָם | Abraham | 928 |
13 | 26 | 36 | לָבִיא | Lavi | 876 |
14 | 19 | 18 | יִשְׂרָאֵל | Yisrael (Israel) | 831 |
15 | 11 | 15 | אִיתָמָר | Itamar | 824 |
16 | 18 | 17 | עוֹמֶר | Omer | 780 |
17 | 15 | 12 | יוֹנָתָן | Yonatan (Jonathan) | 769 |
18 | 16 | 16 | יָאִיר | Yair | 743 |
19 | 21 | 20 | יַעֲקֹב | Yaakov (Jacob) | 743 |
20 | 25 | 24 | אַלְיָה | Eliya | 741 |
21 | 32 | 37 | רְפָאֵל | Raphael | 735 |
22 | 17 | 30 | שְׁמוּאֵל | Shmuel (Samuel) | 733 |
23 | 12 | 13 | עִידּוֹ | Ido | 724 |
24 | 22 | 25 | מִיכָאֵל | Michael | 706 |
25 | 23 | 21 | יִצְחָק | Yitzchak (Isaac) | 674 |
26 | 24 | 28 | חַיִּים | Chaim | 647 |
27 | 20 | 23 | הַרְאֵל | Harel | 642 |
28 | 31 | 35 | שִׁמְעוֹן | Shimon (Simon) | 594 |
29 | 29 | 22 | עָמִית | Amit | 583 |
30 | 27 | 19 | אַלּוֹן | Elon | 579 |
31 | 33 | 32 | שְׁלֹמֹה | Shlomo (Solomon) | 533 |
32 | 54 | 56 | עוֹמֶרִי | Omri | 514 |
33 | 30 | 26 | עִילָּאִי | Ilay | 512 |
34 | 28 | 27 | גַּיְא | Guy | 505 |
35 | 35 | 31 | בֵּן | Ben | 487 |
36 | 34 | 29 | נהוראי | Nehorai | 482 |
37 | 37 | 34 | נְתַנְאֵל | Netanel | 477 |
38 | 44 | 38 | מֵאִיר | Meir | 466 |
39 | 42 | 33 | אָדָם | Adam | 461 |
40 | 49 | 48 | מָרְדְּכַי | Mordechai | 457 |
41 | 43 | 45 | נִיתַּאי | Nitai | 455 |
42 | 40 | 44 | אוֹר | Or | 452 |
43 | 47 | 51 | יִשַׁי | Yishai | 440 |
44 | 53 | 57 | יַנַּאי | Yanai | 439 |
45 | 36 | 40 | אַהֲרוֹן | Aharon (Aaron) | 438 |
46 | 45 | 39 | לִיאַם | Liam | 429 |
47 | 41 | 46 | בִּנְיָמִין | Benjamin | 428 |
48 | 39 | 54 | אֵלִיָּהוּ | Eliyahu | 422 |
49 | 38 | 41 | נָדָב | Nadav | 403 |
50 | 50 | 49 | מְנַחֵם | Menachem | 394 |
51 | 48 | 59 | הלל | Hillel/Hallel | 377 |
52 | 51 | 52 | רוֹעִי | Roi | 374 |
53 | 57 | 58 | נָתָן | Natan (Nathan) | 373 |
54 | 52 | 42 | יוּבַל | Yuval | 367 |
55 | 65 | 128 | אֵלרוֹאִי | Elroi | 362 |
56 | 106 | 111 | אֲרִי | Ari | 353 |
57 | 46 | 43 | יוֹאָב | Yoav | 347 |
58 | 61 | 61 | מַתָּן | Matan | 312 |
59 | 67 | 120 | בְּנָיָה | Bnaya | 310 |
60 | 59 | 50 | לִיאוֹר | Lior | 310 |
61 | 100 | 124 | אִימְרִי | Imri | 307 |
62 | 55 | 53 | מָאוֹר | Maor | 303 |
63 | 58 | 68 | אֲבִיאֵל | Aviel | 293 |
64 | 56 | 62 | אֶבְיָתָר | Eviatar | 289 |
65 | 77 | 80 | בְּאֵרִי | Beeri | 289 |
66 | 78 | 74 | נְבוֹ | Nevo | 269 |
67 | 63 | 66 | שַׁחַר | Shachar | 267 |
68 | 62 | 55 | אָבִיב | Aviv | 263 |
69 | 92 | 91 | רוֹם | Rom | 262 |
70 | 60 | 47 | עִידָּן | Idan | 259 |
71 | 73 | 73 | נוה | Neveh | 257 |
72 | 64 | 64 | אוֹפִיר | Ophir | 248 |
73 | 70 | 63 | אָסָף | Asaf | 247 |
74 | 87 | 89 | נַחְמָן | Nachman | 246 |
75 | 69 | 60 | דּוֹר | Dor | 244 |
76 | 74 | 95 | לִירוֹי | Leroi | 234 |
77 | 107 | 121 | מַלְאָכִי | Malachi | 229 |
78 | 68 | 69 | אוּרִיאֵל | Uriel | 226 |
79 | 82 | 72 | אֶלְחָנָן | Elchanan | 222 |
80 | 66 | 65 | אייל | Eyal | 221 |
81 | 89 | 90 | אֲמִיתַּי | Amitai | 218 |
82 | 75 | 76 | יַהַב | Yahav | 218 |
83 | 93 | 71 | רוֹן | Ron | 218 |
84 | 95 | 83 | צְבִי | Zvi | 215 |
85 | 84 | 92 | שָׁלוֹם | Shalom | 210 |
86 | 71 | 67 | יָהֵלִי | Yaheli | 209 |
87 | 86 | 93 | נֵרִיָּה | Neriah | 207 |
88 | 108 | 147 | רוֹי | Roy/Roi | 206 |
89 | 94 | 78 | אוריה | Uriah | 201 |
90 | 72 | 84 | אֱלִיאָב | Eliav | 201 |
91 | 85 | 87 | שִׁילֹה | Shilo | 201 |
92 | 111 | 108 | גַּבְרִיאֵל | Gabriel | 197 |
93 | 81 | 82 | יִנּוֹן | Yinon | 197 |
94 | 103 | 125 | אַדִּיר | Adir | 195 |
95 | 96 | 112 | אֵלִיעֶזֶר | Eliezer | 195 |
96 | 79 | 81 | דְּבִיר | Dvir | 192 |
97 | 88 | 104 | עוֹז | Oz | 192 |
98 | 97 | 88 | שַׁי | Shai | 191 |
99 | 104 | 97 | אוֹשֶׁר | Osher | 189 |
100 | 116 | 86 | תּוֹם | Tom | 189 |
101 | 83 | 105 | מַעֲיָין | Maayan | 185 |