Obed
Obed is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 81 births. Its best rank was 883rd, in 1880.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 810.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 2005137 births
- Best rank
- #883in 1880
- Since 1880
- 4,063people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,063 boys have been named Obed in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2005, with 137 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2003, and the 2000s alone account for 27%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Obed | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | |
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 11 | |
| 1910s | 93 | |
| 1920s | 136 | |
| 1930s | 77 | |
| 1940s | 68 | |
| 1950s | 71 | |
| 1960s | 115 | |
| 1970s | 184 | |
| 1980s | 326 | |
| 1990s | 599 | |
| 2000s | 1,083 | |
| 2010s | 889 | |
| 2020s | 400 |
In 2005, its biggest year
Obed was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2005 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Ethan. See all of 2005.
Names that rose and fell with Obed
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Gersonpeak 2008
- Adrienpeak 2009
- Israelpeak 2007
- Dominicpeak 2013
- Adrianpeak 2008
- Draytonpeak 2012
- Cypeak 2010
- Jacobopeak 2023
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.