Obsidian — #5205 US boys' name
118 babies named Obsidian in U.S. Social Security records since 2013, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 63% of names given to boys today.
71% of everyone ever named Obsidian was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Obsidian in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Obsidian
The Social Security Administration has registered 118 babies named Obsidian between 2013 and 2024, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Obsidian currently holds the #5205 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Obsidian performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 84 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Obsidian shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Obsidian 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 118 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.
Obsidian at a glance
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Current rank
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Obsidian popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2013
- Peak year (2023)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
Currently ranks #5205 among boys.
118 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 20 births in a single year.
Obsidian by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 84 births that decade — 71% of Obsidian's all-time total
Obsidian decade highlights
- Peak decade 84 births
- Runner-up 34 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Obsidian's strongest decade
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 71% 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, 2013–2024 (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.