Obed — #1933 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Obed

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,063 babies named Obed between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Obed currently holds the #1933 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 137 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Obed performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,083 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Obed shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 730 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Obed in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Obed 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 4,063 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.