Recorded 1997–2016 Boys' name Peak 2011 32 births

Obada — boys' name

32 babies named Obada in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s52000s122010s15
2010s
Peak decade

47% of everyone ever named Obada was born in this single decade.

2011
Single peak year

9 babies were named Obada in 2011 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Obada

The Social Security Administration has registered 32 babies named Obada between 1997 and 2016, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Obada currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Obada performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Obada shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Obada 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 32 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.

Obada at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

32

Since 1997

20 years of records

Peak year

2011

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

1997

Recorded for 20 years

Last year on file: 2016

Obada popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1997

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (2011)
9
Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
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Obada by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
15 births that decade — 47% of Obada's all-time total
1990s52000s122010s15

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Obada?
32 babies have been named Obada since 1997. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 2011 with 9 births.
When was Obada most popular?
Obada was most popular in the 2010s decade with 15 total births. The single peak year was 2011.
How long has the name Obada been used?
Obada has been recorded in Social Security data since 1997, spanning 20 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Obada?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Obadiah, Obaloluwa, Oba, Obaida, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1997–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.