Recorded 1994–2018 Boys' name Peak 2011 48 births

Obeth — boys' name

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.

1990s52000s122010s31
2010s
Peak decade

65% of everyone ever named Obeth was born in this single decade.

2011
Single peak year

7 babies were named Obeth in 2011 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Obeth

The Social Security Administration has registered 48 babies named Obeth between 1994 and 2018, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Obeth currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Obeth performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Obeth shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Obeth 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 48 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.

Obeth at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

48

Since 1994

25 years of records

Peak year

2011

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1994

Recorded for 25 years

Last year on file: 2018

Obeth popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1994

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2011)
7
Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 20182016201320112010200720041994 5

Obeth by decade

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

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
31 births that decade — 65% of Obeth's all-time total
1990s52000s122010s31

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Obeth?
48 babies have been named Obeth since 1994. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2011 with 7 births.
When was Obeth most popular?
Obeth was most popular in the 2010s decade with 31 total births. The single peak year was 2011.
How long has the name Obeth been used?
Obeth has been recorded in Social Security data since 1994, spanning 25 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Obeth?
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, 1994–2018 (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.