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.

Obadiah

#2,734 most common boys' name of all time · #6,581 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1914–2025

Rank among boys
#2,734
Rank overall
#6,581 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
86 of 146
All-time
2,521
Since 2016
1,073
Peak year
2024 #1,415
Best rank
#1,415 2024
Girls Boys peak 131/yr
192019401960198020002020

Obadiah first appears in 1914. 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
2025 104 104 #1,624
2024 131 131 #1,415
2023 113 113 #1,553
2022 124 124 #1,459
2021 99 99 #1,672
2020 105 105 #1,565
2019 96 96 #1,671
2018 97 97 #1,659
2017 97 97 #1,635
2016 107 107 #1,550
2015 93 93 #1,679
2014 72 72 #1,984
2013 69 69 #1,992
2012 69 69 #2,020
2011 54 54 #2,353
2010 56 56 #2,295
2009 53 53 #2,412
2008 33 33 #3,362
2007 37 37 #3,103
2006 41 41 #2,794
2005 36 36 #2,912
2004 26 26 #3,556
2003 30 30 #3,130
2002 29 29 #3,121
2001 26 26 #3,337
2000 35 35 #2,634
1999 20 20 #3,722
1998 25 25 #3,108
1997 14 14 #4,493
1996 23 23 #3,129
1995 21 21 #3,217
1994 17 17 #3,787
1993 15 15 #4,055
1992 19 19 #3,375
1991 18 18 #3,363
1990 14 14 #4,017
1989 24 24 #2,638
1988 14 14 #3,565
1987 15 15 #3,240
1986 15 15 #3,170
1985 10 10 #4,125
1984 11 11 #3,769
1983 16 16 #2,827
1982 19 19 #2,546
1981 21 21 #2,368
1980 21 21 #2,398
1979 24 24 #2,125
1978 21 21 #2,238
1977 12 12 #3,267
1976 12 12 #3,151
1975 16 16 #2,579
1974 22 22 #2,012
1973 12 12 #2,919
1972 14 14 #2,587
1971 9 9 #3,478
1970 10 10 #3,162
1969 5 5 #4,606
1966 5 5 #4,172
1960 7 7 #3,497
1958 5 5 #4,162
1957 5 5 #4,216
1955 6 6 #3,694
1954 5 5 #4,055
1953 8 8 #3,039
1950 6 6 #3,525
1949 9 9 #2,732
1948 5 5 #3,942
1945 5 5 #3,579
1943 5 5 #3,824
1941 5 5 #3,798
1939 6 6 #3,339
1938 6 6 #3,408
1936 5 5 #3,828
1935 6 6 #3,500
1934 5 5 #3,947
1933 5 5 #3,904
1932 7 7 #3,280
1929 7 7 #3,449
1928 5 5 #4,427
1925 9 9 #3,107
1924 9 9 #3,191
1923 8 8 #3,365
1922 7 7 #3,726
1920 8 8 #3,389
1919 6 6 #3,971
1914 5 5 #3,687