Obelia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Obelia

The Social Security Administration has registered 77 babies named Obelia between 1909 and 1943, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Obelia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1943. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Obelia performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 37 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Obelia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Obelia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Obelia 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 77 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.