Obet — boys' name
26 babies named Obet in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
81% of everyone ever named Obet was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Obet in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Obet
The Social Security Administration has registered 26 babies named Obet between 1995 and 2008, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Obet currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Obet performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Obet shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Obet 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 26 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.
Obet at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Obet popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1995
- Peak year (2001)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
26 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 9 births in a single year.
Obet by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 21 births that decade — 81% of Obet's all-time total
Obet decade highlights
- Peak decade 21 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Obet's strongest decade
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 81% of all-time use.
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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, 1995–2008 (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.