Obadiah
#1,621 for boys in 2025, 104 births
- Peak · boys
- 2024 · 131 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,521since 1914
Obadiah over time
Rank among boys' names. Obadiah has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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 | #1,621 | 104 |
| 2024 | #1,413 | 131 |
| 2023 | #1,547 | 113 |
| 2022 | #1,457 | 124 |
| 2021 | #1,667 | 99 |
| 2020 | #1,563 | 105 |
| 2019 | #1,670 | 96 |
| 2018 | #1,657 | 97 |
| 2017 | #1,630 | 97 |
| 2016 | #1,548 | 107 |
| 2015 | #1,677 | 93 |
| 2014 | #1,979 | 72 |
| 2013 | #1,989 | 69 |
| 2012 | #2,016 | 69 |
| 2011 | #2,346 | 54 |
| 2010 | #2,287 | 56 |
| 2009 | #2,401 | 53 |
| 2008 | #3,344 | 33 |
| 2007 | #3,090 | 37 |
| 2006 | #2,784 | 41 |
| 2005 | #2,902 | 36 |
| 2004 | #3,534 | 26 |
| 2003 | #3,119 | 30 |
| 2002 | #3,095 | 29 |
| 2001 | #3,321 | 26 |
| 2000 | #2,621 | 35 |
| 1999 | #3,704 | 20 |
| 1998 | #3,092 | 25 |
| 1997 | #4,451 | 14 |
| 1996 | #3,107 | 23 |
| 1995 | #3,191 | 21 |
| 1994 | #3,751 | 17 |
| 1993 | #4,020 | 15 |
| 1992 | #3,338 | 19 |
| 1991 | #3,325 | 18 |
| 1990 | #3,971 | 14 |
| 1989 | #2,615 | 24 |
| 1988 | #3,523 | 14 |
| 1987 | #3,201 | 15 |
| 1986 | #3,131 | 15 |
| 1985 | #4,052 | 10 |
| 1984 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | #2,787 | 16 |
| 1982 | #2,518 | 19 |
| 1981 | #2,338 | 21 |
| 1980 | #2,367 | 21 |
| 1979 | #2,104 | 24 |
| 1978 | #2,205 | 21 |
| 1977 | #3,203 | 12 |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 12 |
| 1975 | #2,540 | 16 |
| 1974 | #1,983 | 22 |
| 1973 | #2,857 | 12 |
| 1972 | #2,534 | 14 |
| 1971 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #3,071 | 10 |
| 1969 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | — | |
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| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #3,092 | 7 |
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| 1929 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #4,151 | 5 |
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| 1925 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | #3,023 | 9 |
| 1923 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | #3,532 | 7 |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | #3,736 | 6 |
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| 1914 | #3,264 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Obadiah! It came in at #3,264, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1914–1918, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Obadiah is popular in 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#543 · 1 in 2,599
- Michigan#895 · 1 in 6,138
- Ohio#930 · 1 in 6,777
- Texas#1,588 · 1 in 17,112
- California#1,597 · 1 in 18,938
Best ever in a state: #498 in Iowa, 2016.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #543 | 5 | 1 in 2,599 |
| Michigan | #895 | 7 | 1 in 6,138 |
| Ohio | #930 | 8 | 1 in 6,777 |
| Texas | #1,588 | 10 | 1 in 17,112 |
| California | #1,597 | 10 | 1 in 18,938 |
| Florida | #1,758 | 5 | 1 in 18,552 |
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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 Obadiah
- 208 spots since 2024 (#1,413 → #1,621)
- 58 spots since 2020 (#1,563 → #1,621)
- 56 spots since 2015 (#1,677 → #1,621)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 2024 at #1,413 (131 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 13,152 boys born in 2024 were named Obadiah (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 16,424 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 32.1% of all boys named Obadiah (810) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 11 | #3,264 (1914) | #3,500 |
| 1920s | 53 | #2,936 (1925) | #3,325 |
| 1930s | 40 | #3,092 (1932) | #3,357 |
| 1940s | 29 | #2,606 (1949) | #3,331 |
| 1950s | 35 | #2,905 (1953) | #3,584 |
| 1960s | 17 | #3,337 (1960) | #3,896 |
| 1970s | 152 | #1,983 (1974) | #2,696 |
| 1980s | 166 | #2,338 (1981) | #3,023 |
| 1990s | 186 | #3,092 (1998) | #3,595 |
| 2000s | 346 | #2,401 (2009) | #3,021 |
| 2010s | 810 | #1,548 (2016) | #1,880 |
| 2020s | 676 | #1,413 (2024) | #1,545 |
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.
Obadiah in 2021
Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 17,672 of them was named Obadiah, which outranked 88.2% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,658Rishaan100
- #1,658Sky100
- #1,658Zavion100
- #1,667Obadiah99
- #1,667Earl99
- #1,667Elvin99
- #1,667Ezio99
- #1,678Canon98
- #1,678Fred98
- #1,678Ilyas98
Tied with 10 names at #1,667; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.