{
  "id": 6024158,
  "title": "What's in a name? Population Authority shares most popular baby names ahead of Rosh Hashanah",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/whats-in-a-name-population-authority-shares-most-popular-baby-names",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-06T19:58:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jerusalem Post",
    "slug": "jerusalem-post",
    "url": "https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/article-907701"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Population and Immigration Authority in Israel has released data on the most popular baby names for the Hebrew year 5786, ahead of Rosh Hashanah. Mohammed topped the list of most common names among boys, followed by Ariel, Yosef, Adam, David, Omer, Rafael, Lavi, Michael, and Eitan. Among Jewish boys, Ariel was the most popular name, followed by David, Rafael, Lavi, Uri, Michael, Eliya, Eitan, and Yehuda. For girls, Avigail was the most popular name overall, followed by Miriam, Lia, Libi, Tamar, Yael, Ayala, Sarah, Ella, and Naya. Among Jewish girls, Libi came in second after Avigail, followed by Tamar, Yael, Lia, Ella, Ayala, Sarah, Noa, and Naya. Jerusalem recorded the largest number of registered births during 5786, with 23,336 babies.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}