Obediah
Rank in 2025
#12,008
recorded as boys
Down 1,070 since 2024
Babies in 2025
5
boys 5
Peak year
1912
6 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
226
since 1912
Born an Obediah? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as boys
Obediah was most popular in 1912, when 6 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.01 per 1,000). In 2025, 5 babies were named Obediah, ranking #12008 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 46%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 5 | 12,008 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 6 | 10,938 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 7 | 9,763 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 7 | 9,714 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 6 | 10,605 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 5 | 12,145 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 8 | 8,840 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 5 | 12,086 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 7 | 9,709 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 5 | 12,231 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 6 | 11,037 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 5 | 12,367 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 5 | 10,667 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2000 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1999 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 5 | 9,265 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1994 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 5 | 8,700 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 5 | 8,236 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1989 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 5 | 6,262 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 6 | 5,355 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 5 | 5,772 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 5 | 5,845 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1972 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 5 | 4,907 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 5 | 4,724 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1968 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1967 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1965 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1964 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1963 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1962 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1961 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1960 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1959 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1958 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 7 | 3,257 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 5 | 3,942 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 8 | 2,942 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1952 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1951 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1950 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 6 | 3,298 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1947 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1946 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1945 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1944 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1943 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1942 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1941 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1940 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1939 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 7 | 2,868 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1936 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 6 | 3,252 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 5 | 3,679 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1932 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 5 | 3,763 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 7 | 3,289 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 5 | 3,959 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1927 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1926 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 6 | 3,741 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 7 | 3,505 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1922 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1921 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 5 | 4,286 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 5 | 4,168 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1917 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 6 | 3,516 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 7 | 2,651 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 6 | 2,269 |
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