Central Bureau of Statistics (Israel) · 2024
Popular boy names in Israel, 2024
Muhammad (מוחמד) is number one in Israel in 2024, given to 2,257 boys. That is about 1 in 38 of the boys counted there that year.
The 100 most common boys' names registered in Israel in 2024, as published by Central Bureau of Statistics (Israel).
- 55,452 boys got one of these 100 names in 2024.
- Yaman climbed 64 places to #74, the biggest rise on 2023.
Full list: the publisher lists nearly every name given, so the counts are real totals. The publisher lists names in Hebrew script; the Latin spelling is our transliteration.
| Rank | Name | Boys | vs 2023 | E&W 2025 | Ontario 2024 | Keep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Muhammad (מוחמד) | 2,257 | no change | 1 | 9 | |
| 2 | Yosef (יוסף) | 1,987 | no change | 1,035 | 1,032 | |
| 3 | David (דוד) | 1,842 | no change | 73 | 46 | |
| 4 | Lavi (לביא) | 1,518 | no change | · | · | |
| 5 | Ariel (אריאל) | 1,479 | up 2 | 1,007 | 1,354 | |
| 6 | Refael (רפאל) | 1,352 | down 1 | · | · | |
| 7 | Uri (אורי) | 1,320 | up 1 | 4,975 | · | |
| 8 | Adam (אדם) | 1,299 | down 2 | 26 | 13 | |
| 9 | Ari (ארי) | 1,264 | no change | 310 | 301 | |
| 10 | Moshe (משה) | 1,196 | no change | 687 | 1,354 | |
| 11 | Yehuda (יהודה) | 1,141 | no change | 1,124 | · | |
| 12 | Avraham (אברהם) | 1,048 | up 1 | 2,659 | 1,354 | |
| 13 | Eliya (אליה) | 1,033 | up 7 | · | · | |
| 14 | Israel (ישראל) | 1,016 | no change | 822 | 1,122 | |
| 15 | Eitan (איתן) | 1,013 | no change | 4,213 | · | |
| 16 | Noam (נועם) | 990 | down 4 | 1,895 | 1,516 | |
| 17 | Michael (מיכאל) | 892 | no change | 85 | 50 | |
| 18 | Daniel (דניאל) | 888 | no change | 62 | 19 | |
| 19 | Yehonatan (יהונתן) | 863 | down 3 | · | · | |
| 20 | Yaakov (יעקב) | 822 | up 4 | 4,975 | · |
80 more names
| Rank | Name | Boys | vs 2023 | E&W 2025 | Ontario 2024 | Keep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Shimon (שמעון) | 801 | down 2 | 1,538 | · | |
| 22 | Yitzhak (יצחק) | 791 | down 1 | · | · | |
| 23 | Shmuel (שמואל) | 774 | no change | 1,406 | · | |
| 24 | Itai (איתי) | 743 | up 2 | · | · | |
| 25 | Imri (אימרי) | 742 | up 4 | · | · | |
| 26 | Chaim (חיים) | 732 | down 4 | 976 | · | |
| 27 | Ahmad (אחמד) | 688 | down 2 | 218 | 171 | |
| 28 | Aharon (אהרון) | 687 | no change | 2,659 | · | |
| 29 | Shlomo (שלמה) | 664 | down 2 | 1,895 | · | |
| 30 | Omar (עומר) | 611 | up 11 | 157 | 81 | |
| 31 | Yonatan (יונתן) | 592 | no change | 2,939 | · | |
| 32 | Meir (מאיר) | 562 | up 1 | 1,406 | · | |
| 33 | Yair (יאיר) | 540 | down 1 | · | · | |
| 34 | Mordechai (מרדכי) | 520 | up 1 | 1,895 | · | |
| 35 | Ali (עלי) | 508 | up 1 | 103 | 48 | |
| 36 | Liam (ליאם) | 501 | down 6 | 68 | 2 | |
| 37 | Binyamin (בנימין) | 495 | up 1 | 2,131 | · | |
| 38 | Eliyahu (אליהו) | 494 | up 1 | · | · | |
| 39 | Menachem (מנחם) | 484 | down 2 | 2,012 | · | |
| 40 | Itamar (איתמר) | 483 | up 4 | · | · | |
| 41 | Yishai (ישי) | 470 | down 1 | 4,213 | · | |
| 42 | Omer (עומר) | 456 | down 1 | 728 | 963 | |
| 43 | Benaya (בניה) | 436 | up 3 | · | · | |
| 44 | Ido (עידו) | 434 | down 2 | · | · | |
| 45 | Shilo (שילה) | 420 | up 25 | · | · | |
| 46 | Ilai (עילאי) | 403 | up 2 | 4,213 | · | |
| 47 | Or (אור) | 400 | up 3 | · | · | |
| 47 | Harel (הראל) | 400 | up 5 | 4,975 | · | |
| 49 | Amir (אמיר) | 399 | down 6 | 212 | 94 | |
| 50 | Netanel (נתנאל) | 385 | up 1 | · | · | |
| 51 | Nevo (נבו) | 377 | up 16 | · | · | |
| 51 | Rom (רום) | 377 | down 4 | · | · | |
| 53 | Abed (עבד) | 372 | up 2 | · | · | |
| 54 | Natan (נתן) | 361 | down 5 | 771 | 1,354 | |
| 55 | Nave (נוה) | 348 | up 10 | · | · | |
| 56 | Alon (אלון) | 338 | up 8 | · | 1,516 | |
| 57 | Yanai (ינאי) | 331 | down 4 | · | · | |
| 58 | Nitai (ניתאי) | 329 | down 4 | · | · | |
| 59 | Ibrahim (אבראהים) | 328 | down 2 | 70 | 53 | |
| 60 | Oz (עוז) | 322 | up 30 | 4,213 | · | |
| 61 | Tzvi (צבי) | 320 | up 8 | 2,012 | · | |
| 62 | Ben (בן) | 315 | down 1 | 487 | 503 | |
| 63 | Nehorai (נהוראי) | 309 | down 7 | · | · | |
| 64 | Hillel (הלל) | 308 | down 4 | · | · | |
| 65 | Reem (ראם) | 307 | up 16 | · | · | |
| 66 | Aviv (אביב) | 295 | down 7 | · | · | |
| 67 | Malachi (מלאכי) | 290 | up 6 | 292 | 227 | |
| 68 | Amit (עמית) | 287 | down 6 | · | · | |
| 69 | Sanad (סנד) | 284 | down 3 | 687 | 675 | |
| 70 | Gavriel (גבריאל) | 280 | up 10 | 2,012 | · | |
| 71 | Guy (גיא) | 279 | no change | 1,226 | · | |
| 72 | Neta (נטע) | 276 | up 24 | · | · | |
| 73 | Uriel (אוריאל) | 274 | up 1 | 606 | 963 | |
| 74 | Yaman (ימאן) | 268 | up 64 | 697 | 1,032 | |
| 75 | Reef (ריף) | 265 | down 17 | 3,240 | · | |
| 76 | Shalom (שלום) | 262 | up 10 | 2,012 | · | |
| 77 | Kerem (כרם) | 261 | down 10 | 1,276 | · | |
| 78 | Neriya (נריה) | 260 | down 1 | · | · | |
| 79 | Shahar (שחר) | 258 | up 6 | · | · | |
| 80 | Arye (אריה) | 254 | up 9 | · | · | |
| 81 | Mahmoud (מחמוד) | 250 | down 10 | 1,035 | 1,516 | |
| 82 | Zain (זיין) | 243 | down 7 | 209 | 125 | |
| 82 | Yehoshua (יהושע) | 243 | up 20 | 2,659 | 1,354 | |
| 84 | Yedidya (ידידיה) | 242 | up 3 | · | · | |
| 85 | Elchanan (אלחנן) | 241 | down 3 | · | · | |
| 86 | Roi (רועי) | 235 | down 2 | 4,213 | · | |
| 87 | Yagel (יגל) | 234 | no change | · | · | |
| 87 | Nachman (נחמן) | 234 | up 5 | · | · | |
| 89 | Dor (דור) | 230 | up 2 | · | · | |
| 90 | Dan (דן) | 225 | up 13 | 1,124 | 1,516 | |
| 91 | Khaled (ח'אלד) | 224 | down 13 | 1,153 | 752 | |
| 92 | Emanuel (עמנואל) | 220 | up 16 | 798 | 848 | |
| 93 | Yaar (יאר) | 213 | up 34 | · | · | |
| 94 | Omri (עומרי) | 210 | down 1 | · | · | |
| 95 | Levi (לוי) | 208 | up 3 | 107 | 14 | |
| 95 | Leo (ליאו) | 208 | down 32 | 3 | 10 | |
| 97 | Maor (מאור) | 206 | down 21 | · | · | |
| 97 | Ivri (עברי) | 206 | up 26 | · | · | |
| 99 | Evyatar (אביתר) | 205 | up 19 | · | · | |
| 99 | Yuval (יובל) | 205 | down 20 | · | · |
Change in rank since 2023. “new” means the name was not in the 2023 list at all.
Source: Central Bureau of Statistics (Israel) (1949-2024), CBS terms of use.