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.

Obelia

#27,613 most common girls' name of all time · #44,716 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1909–1943

Rank among girls
#27,613
Rank overall
#44,716 of 105,966
First appeared
1909
Years on the list
12 of 146
All-time
77
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1918 #2,632
Best rank
#2,201 1909
Girls Boys peak 13/yr
19201940

Obelia first appears in 1909. 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
1943 5 — 5 #4,891
1931 6 — 6 #4,016
1928 6 — 6 #4,382
1927 5 — 5 #5,057
1925 6 — 6 #4,597
1924 6 — 6 #4,636
1919 5 — 5 #5,016
1918 13 — 13 #2,632
1917 6 — 6 #4,258
1916 5 — 5 #4,643
1914 8 — 8 #2,808
1909 6 — 6 #2,201