Boys' name · since 2018
Obai
Obai has 35 recorded births since 2018 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,778 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,350 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 35
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Obai is the #13350 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 35 recorded since 2018.
Social Security Administration records show Obai recorded 35 times among boys since 2018, holding rank #13350 nationally today, ahead of 4% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2018 to 2025.
- #24,778 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #13,350 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 35 born since 2018
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Obai ranks #24,778 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,350 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 35 born since 2018, peaking in the 2020s.
- #24,778 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,350 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 35
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Obai's 35 recorded births place it above 45.39% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Obai compares
35 13th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Obai's all-time total is 91% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Obai | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 35 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 34 | 22,252 |
Obai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Obai's SSA record in two at 2021 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2020, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Obai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Obai by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (23 births, 66% of the file).
2020s was Obai's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Obai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 23 births (66% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Obai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~7 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2018–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Obai draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.