Obie
Last seen for girls in 1948 at #5,243 · #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
Given to boys 93.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1899 · 17 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,165since 1880
Obie over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #7,679 | 10 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,241 | 18 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,927 | 15 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,570 | 22 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,562 | 16 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,620 | 12 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,777 | 12 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,918 | 19 | |
| 2017 | — | #7,095 | 11 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,349 | 13 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,746 | 15 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,130 | 9 | |
| 2013 | — | #12,136 | 5 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,626 | 12 | |
| 2011 | — | #6,256 | 13 | |
| 2010 | — | #8,139 | 9 | |
| 2009 | — | #10,994 | 6 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,767 | 15 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,375 | 22 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,105 | 23 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,062 | 22 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,456 | 27 | |
| 2003 | — | #9,581 | 6 | |
| 2002 | — | #8,456 | 7 | |
| 2001 | — | #9,243 | 6 | |
| 2000 | — | #8,209 | 7 | |
| 1999 | — | #9,912 | 5 | |
| 1998 | — | #8,479 | 6 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,618 | 8 | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #4,803 | 12 | |
| 1993 | — | #6,816 | 7 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,660 | 9 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,096 | 10 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,993 | 10 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,017 | 13 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,079 | 17 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,959 | 11 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,130 | 10 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,216 | 14 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,925 | 10 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,787 | 16 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,709 | 17 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,569 | 18 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,831 | 16 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,777 | 16 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,134 | 22 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,858 | 27 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,113 | 22 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,078 | 12 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,501 | 34 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,696 | 27 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,819 | 24 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,494 | 33 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,658 | 27 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,605 | 26 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,478 | 28 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,540 | 25 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,373 | 31 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,595 | 24 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,462 | 29 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,455 | 29 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,311 | 35 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,552 | 27 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,523 | 28 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,439 | 30 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,277 | 36 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,117 | 47 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,480 | 28 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,198 | 39 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,082 | 48 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,214 | 38 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,066 | 46 | |
| 1951 | — | #972 | 52 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,074 | 43 | |
| 1949 | — | #985 | 50 | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #945 | 54 |
| 1947 | — | #1,000 | 51 | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #911 | 53 |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | #899 | 50 |
| 1944 | — | #935 | 47 | |
| 1943 | — | #817 | 65 | |
| 1942 | — | #947 | 49 | |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #960 | 44 |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 | #810 | 59 |
| 1939 | — | #954 | 43 | |
| 1938 | — | #897 | 49 | |
| 1937 | — | #830 | 54 | |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #787 | 60 |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #785 | 62 |
| 1934 | — | #917 | 47 | |
| 1933 | — | #860 | 52 | |
| 1932 | #2,831 | 10 | #802 | 63 |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #729 | 71 |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | #865 | 58 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 | #878 | 57 |
| 1928 | — | #835 | 62 | |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 | #964 | 52 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | #803 | 67 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | #858 | 60 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #696 | 88 |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 | #745 | 77 |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 | #809 | 69 |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 | #825 | 69 |
| 1920 | — | #732 | 79 | |
| 1919 | #2,813 | 11 | #730 | 76 |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 | #902 | 54 |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 | #668 | 80 |
| 1916 | #2,368 | 13 | #698 | 72 |
| 1915 | #3,134 | 8 | #705 | 69 |
| 1914 | #2,009 | 12 | #678 | 56 |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #711 | 42 |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 | #515 | 58 |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 | #597 | 26 |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | #598 | 23 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | #679 | 16 |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | #657 | 16 |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | #472 | 24 |
| 1906 | — | #640 | 14 | |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 | #491 | 21 |
| 1904 | — | #538 | 17 | |
| 1903 | — | #527 | 17 | |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | #687 | 11 |
| 1901 | — | #637 | 11 | |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | #649 | 15 |
| 1899 | — | #457 | 17 | |
| 1898 | — | #611 | 13 | |
| 1897 | — | #584 | 13 | |
| 1896 | — | #592 | 13 | |
| 1895 | — | #501 | 16 | |
| 1894 | — | #543 | 14 | |
| 1893 | — | #705 | 9 | |
| 1892 | — | #956 | 6 | |
| 1891 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1890 | — | #667 | 9 | |
| 1889 | — | #789 | 7 | |
| 1888 | — | #755 | 8 | |
| 1887 | — | #752 | 7 | |
| 1886 | — | #605 | 10 | |
| 1885 | — | #765 | 7 | |
| 1884 | — | #663 | 9 | |
| 1883 | — | #799 | 6 | |
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | #781 | 6 | |
| 1880 | — | #640 | 9 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Obie was already there! It came in at #640, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1995–1996, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Obie is popular in 1897
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Obie
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 2,438 spots since 2024 (#5,241 → #7,679)
- 1,059 spots since 2020 (#6,620 → #7,679)
- 1,933 spots since 2015 (#5,746 → #7,679)
- Biggest jump: 251 spots in 1893 (#956 → #705)
- Biggest drop: 256 spots in 1892 (#700 → #956)
Rise & fade · boys
19 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1899 at #457 (17 births)
- Births halved by 1993, 94 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 71 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 71 yrs · run 1880–1949
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,118
- Highest: 1 in 6,118 boys born in 1907 were named Obie (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #457 in 1899, was only 1 in 6,248 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 16.3% of all boys named Obie (680) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 74 | #605 (1886) | #749 |
| 1890s | 118 | #457 (1899) | #632 |
| 1900s | 162 | #472 (1907) | #598 |
| 1910s | 556 | #515 (1912) | #680 |
| 1920s | 680 | #696 (1924) | #815 |
| 1930s | 559 | #729 (1931) | #843 |
| 1940s | 522 | #810 (1940) | #921 |
| 1950s | 407 | #972 (1951) | #1,192 |
| 1960s | 282 | #1,311 (1962) | #1,489 |
| 1970s | 244 | #1,494 (1971) | #2,013 |
| 1980s | 142 | #2,569 (1981) | #3,322 |
| 1990s | 67 | #4,803 (1994) | #6,547 |
| 2000s | 141 | #3,456 (2004) | #6,825 |
| 2010s | 118 | #4,918 (2018) | #7,217 |
| 2020s | 93 | #4,570 (2022) | #5,933 |
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.
Obie in 1897
boys
#584
13 births · 1 in 8,674 boys
Top boys' names in 1897
More about 1897
boys
112,757 boys got a published name in 1897; 1 in 8,674 of them was named Obie, which outranked 52.5% of the 1,229 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).