Obed
- #2,056 for boys in 2025, 72 births
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,135since 1880
Obed over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Obed has never cracked the top 800 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,056 | 72 |
| 2024 | #1,938 | 81 |
| 2023 | #1,875 | 84 |
| 2022 | #1,875 | 84 |
| 2021 | #1,853 | 83 |
| 2020 | #2,069 | 68 |
| 2019 | #2,110 | 68 |
| 2018 | #1,981 | 74 |
| 2017 | #2,170 | 62 |
| 2016 | #1,641 | 97 |
| 2015 | #1,740 | 88 |
| 2014 | #1,641 | 94 |
| 2013 | #1,568 | 99 |
| 2012 | #1,657 | 93 |
| 2011 | #1,565 | 100 |
| 2010 | #1,447 | 114 |
| 2009 | #1,433 | 117 |
| 2008 | #1,482 | 110 |
| 2007 | #1,387 | 118 |
| 2006 | #1,391 | 114 |
| 2005 | #1,162 | 137 |
| 2004 | #1,435 | 98 |
| 2003 | #1,400 | 95 |
| 2002 | #1,372 | 96 |
| 2001 | #1,429 | 87 |
| 2000 | #1,214 | 111 |
| 1999 | #1,560 | 71 |
| 1998 | #1,719 | 59 |
| 1997 | #1,599 | 63 |
| 1996 | #1,375 | 77 |
| 1995 | #1,588 | 58 |
| 1994 | #1,581 | 58 |
| 1993 | #1,493 | 62 |
| 1992 | #1,955 | 41 |
| 1991 | #1,422 | 64 |
| 1990 | #1,730 | 46 |
| 1989 | #1,831 | 41 |
| 1988 | #1,731 | 40 |
| 1987 | #1,760 | 37 |
| 1986 | #2,161 | 26 |
| 1985 | #1,794 | 33 |
| 1984 | #1,933 | 28 |
| 1983 | #1,905 | 28 |
| 1982 | #1,815 | 31 |
| 1981 | #1,726 | 33 |
| 1980 | #1,910 | 29 |
| 1979 | #1,788 | 31 |
| 1978 | #2,279 | 20 |
| 1977 | #2,556 | 17 |
| 1976 | #2,177 | 21 |
| 1975 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1974 | #2,277 | 18 |
| 1973 | #1,782 | 25 |
| 1972 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #2,686 | 13 |
| 1970 | #2,509 | 14 |
| 1969 | #2,549 | 12 |
| 1968 | #2,109 | 15 |
| 1967 | #2,030 | 15 |
| 1966 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #1,729 | 21 |
| 1963 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | #2,295 | 13 |
| 1958 | #2,370 | 12 |
| 1957 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | #2,764 | 9 |
| 1954 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | #2,403 | 10 |
| 1945 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,405 | 10 |
| 1942 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #2,452 | 9 |
| 1935 | #2,246 | 11 |
| 1934 | #2,022 | 13 |
| 1933 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #2,313 | 11 |
| 1931 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #3,076 | 8 |
| 1927 | #1,871 | 18 |
| 1926 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | #1,894 | 18 |
| 1923 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1922 | #1,883 | 18 |
| 1921 | #2,502 | 12 |
| 1920 | #2,131 | 15 |
| 1919 | #2,063 | 15 |
| 1918 | #1,998 | 16 |
| 1917 | #2,562 | 10 |
| 1916 | #1,771 | 17 |
| 1915 | #2,458 | 10 |
| 1914 | #1,975 | 11 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,269 | 6 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,193 | 8 |
| 1909 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #809 | 6 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Obed was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1908, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Obed is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Arizona#927 · 1 in 6,545
- Texas#1,415 · 1 in 13,465
- Florida#1,831 · 1 in 19,107
- California#2,203 · 1 in 29,246
Best ever in a state: #341 in New Mexico, 2011.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | #927 | 5 | 1 in 6,545 |
| Texas | #1,415 | 13 | 1 in 13,465 |
| Florida | #1,831 | 5 | 1 in 19,107 |
| California | #2,203 | 6 | 1 in 29,246 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Obed
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 118 spots since 2024 (#1,938 → #2,056)
- 13 spots since 2020 (#2,069 → #2,056)
- 316 spots since 2015 (#1,740 → #2,056)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #809 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1880
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,579
- Highest: 1 in 14,579 boys born in 2005 were named Obed (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 23,723 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #809 in 1880, was only 1 in 18,415 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 26.2% of all boys named Obed (1,083) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #809 (1880) | #809 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,074 (1894) | #1,074 |
| 1900s | 11 | #1,137 (1902) | #1,207 |
| 1910s | 93 | #1,193 (1910) | #2,036 |
| 1920s | 136 | #1,871 (1927) | #2,344 |
| 1930s | 77 | #2,022 (1934) | #2,781 |
| 1940s | 68 | #2,333 (1941) | #2,902 |
| 1950s | 71 | #2,295 (1959) | #3,118 |
| 1960s | 115 | #1,729 (1964) | #2,654 |
| 1970s | 184 | #1,782 (1973) | #2,384 |
| 1980s | 326 | #1,726 (1981) | #1,857 |
| 1990s | 599 | #1,375 (1996) | #1,602 |
| 2000s | 1,083 | #1,162 (2005) | #1,371 |
| 2010s | 889 | #1,447 (2010) | #1,752 |
| 2020s | 472 | #1,853 (2021) | #1,944 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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