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.

Obra

#18,675 most common boys' name of all time · #48,997 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1918–1982

Rank among boys
#18,675
Rank overall
#48,997 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
11 of 146
All-time
59
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1931 #3,075
Best rank
#3,075 1931
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
1920194019601980

Obra first appears in 1918. 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
1982 — 6 6 #5,820
1955 — 5 5 #4,191
1954 — 5 5 #4,143
1940 — 5 5 #3,827
1934 — 5 5 #4,073
1931 — 8 8 #3,075
1924 — 5 5 #4,773
1923 — 5 5 #4,727
1921 — 5 5 #4,800
1919 — 5 5 #4,624
1918 — 5 5 #4,747