Boys' name · since 1994
Obeth
48 babies named Obeth in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,499 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 48
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
Obeth sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 48 recorded since 1994.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Obeth has been recorded 48 times among boys since 1994, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2018.
- #22,499 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 48 born since 1994
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Obeth ranks #22,499 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 48 born since 1994, peaking in the 2010s.
- #22,499 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 48
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
Obeth's 48 recorded births place it above 50.45% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Obeth's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Obeth's full recorded timeline at 2011, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1994, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Obeth popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2018
- Peak year (2011)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Obeth by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (31 births, 65% of the file).
2010s was Obeth's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Obeth births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 31 births (65% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Obeth: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~24 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1994–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Obeth draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.