Oba — boys' name

What the Data Says About Oba

The Social Security Administration has registered 67 babies named Oba between 1915 and 2023, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Oba currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Oba performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Oba shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Oba in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Oba in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 67 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.