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.

Obinna

#5,215 most common boys' name of all time · #12,936 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1977–2025

Rank among boys
#5,215
Rank overall
#12,936 of 105,966
First appeared
1977
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
874
Since 2016
150
Peak year
2006 #3,358
Best rank
#2,810 1997
Girls Boys peak 32/yr
198020002020

Obinna first appears in 1977. 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 — 16 16 #5,694
2024 — 9 9 #8,521
2023 — 20 20 #4,958
2022 — 15 15 #5,981
2021 — 17 17 #5,430
2020 — 14 14 #6,112
2019 — 11 11 #7,339
2018 — 18 18 #5,185
2017 — 12 12 #6,843
2016 — 18 18 #5,208
2015 — 17 17 #5,387
2014 — 14 14 #6,117
2013 — 21 21 #4,531
2012 — 11 11 #7,217
2011 — 24 24 #4,159
2010 — 19 19 #4,946
2009 — 16 16 #5,654
2008 — 27 27 #3,878
2007 — 25 25 #4,073
2006 — 32 32 #3,358
2005 — 18 18 #4,725
2004 — 17 17 #4,895
2003 — 23 23 #3,794
2002 — 31 31 #2,992
2001 — 23 23 #3,675
2000 — 25 25 #3,374
1999 — 28 28 #3,007
1998 — 20 20 #3,672
1997 — 28 28 #2,810
1996 — 18 18 #3,783
1995 — 26 26 #2,824
1994 — 15 15 #4,224
1993 — 23 23 #3,016
1992 — 18 18 #3,570
1991 — 20 20 #3,210
1990 — 19 19 #3,284
1989 — 17 17 #3,428
1988 — 11 11 #4,394
1987 — 19 19 #2,830
1986 — 16 16 #3,114
1985 — 15 15 #3,201
1984 — 17 17 #2,821
1983 — 15 15 #3,059
1982 — 13 13 #3,466
1981 — 10 10 #4,130
1980 — 5 5 #7,021
1979 — 9 9 #4,372
1978 — 12 12 #3,398
1977 — 7 7 #5,113