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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | |
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 1926
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#303 · 1 in 2,289
- Mississippi#323 · 1 in 2,896
- Tennessee#329 · 1 in 3,424
- Alabama#334 · 1 in 3,057
- Texas#579 · 1 in 5,496
Best ever in a state: #138 in Georgia, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #303 | 8 | 1 in 2,289 |
| Mississippi | #323 | 7 | 1 in 2,896 |
| Tennessee | #329 | 7 | 1 in 3,424 |
| Alabama | #334 | 9 | 1 in 3,057 |
| Texas | #579 | 10 | 1 in 5,496 |
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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 Obie
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1899 at #457 (17 births)
- Births halved by 1993, 94 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 71 yrs · run 1880–1949
- 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
- 16.3% of all boys named Obie (680) were born in this decade
- 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 1926
Top girls' names in 1926
Top boys' names in 1926
More about 1926
girls
1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 148,175 of them was named Obie, which outranked 36.6% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,269Zilpha9
- #3,269Zilphia9
- #3,269Zulema9
- #3,564Obie8
- #3,564Aaron8
- #3,564Adair8
- #3,564Adalaide8
- #3,873Adalee7
- #3,873Adelita7
- #3,873Adrianne7
Tied with 308 names at #3,564; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 16,575 of them was named Obie, which outranked 83.4% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #793Rowland68
- #793Webster68
- #793Williams68
- #803Obie67
- #803Alejandro67
- #803Bertrand67
- #803Brady67
- #813Donnie66
- #813Donovan66
- #813Ivory66
Tied with 9 names at #803; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
- ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
- ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
- ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
- ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.