Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Oba

#17,937 most common boys' name of all time · #46,969 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1915–2023

Rank among boys
#17,937
Rank overall
#46,969 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
12 of 146
All-time
67
Since 2016
15
Peak year
1974 #3,956
Best rank
#3,956 1974
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
192019401960198020002020

Oba first appears in 1915. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2023 — 5 5 #12,411
2021 — 5 5 #12,322
2019 — 5 5 #12,302
1979 — 7 7 #4,969
1977 — 5 5 #6,077
1974 — 8 8 #3,956
1973 — 7 7 #4,186
1972 — 5 5 #5,214
1969 — 5 5 #4,624
1923 — 5 5 #4,611
1919 — 5 5 #4,506
1915 — 5 5 #4,315