Recorded 1916–1927 Boys' name Peak 1916 15 births

Ober — boys' name

15 babies named Ober in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s101920s5
1910s
Peak decade

67% of everyone ever named Ober was born in this single decade.

1916
Single peak year

5 babies were named Ober in 1916 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Ober

The Social Security Administration has registered 15 babies named Ober between 1916 and 1927, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ober currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1927. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 5 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ober performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Ober shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ober 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 15 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.

Ober at a glance

Last recorded 1927

Total births

15

Since 1916

12 years of records

Peak year

1916

5 births that year

Strongest decade: 1910s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1927

Active since

1916

Recorded for 12 years

Last year on file: 1927

Ober popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1927–1916

Last recorded 1927
Peak year (1916)
5
Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
5 192719171916 5

Ober by decade

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

Peak: 1910s
Peak decade
1910s
10 births that decade — 67% of Ober's all-time total
1910s101920s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ober?
15 babies have been named Ober since 1916. It was last recorded in 1927. The peak year was 1916 with 5 births.
When was Ober most popular?
Ober was most popular in the 1910s decade with 10 total births. The single peak year was 1916.
How long has the name Ober been used?
Ober has been recorded in Social Security data since 1916, spanning 12 years of data through 1927.
What names are similar to Ober?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Obed, Obert, Oberon, Obediah, 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, 1916–1927 (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.