Obama — boys' name

What the Data Says About Obama

The Social Security Administration has registered 30 babies named Obama between 2008 and 2009, spanning 2 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Obama currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Obama performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window.

No etymological entry is currently available for Obama 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 30 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.