Obadiah
#2,734 most common boys' name of all time · #6,581 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · 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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |