Obi

Where Obi comes from

The dictionaries list Obi as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 2007
    First appearance
    #9,788 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2022
    Peak, #3,216
    37 babies named Obi — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Obi hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.