Boys' name · since 2013
Obsidian
134 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.
- #15,526 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,824 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 134
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
Obsidian currently ranks #5824 among boys' names in America, with 134 babies recorded since 2013.
Social Security Administration records show Obsidian recorded 134 times among boys since 2013, holding rank #5824 nationally today, ahead of 58% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2025.
- #15,526 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,824 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 134 born since 2013
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Obsidian ranks #15,526 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,824 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 134 born since 2013, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15,526 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,824 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 134
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
Obsidian's 134 recorded births place it above 65.82% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Obsidian compares
134 30th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Obsidian's all-time total is 64% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Obsidian | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 134 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 34 | 22,252 |
Obsidian's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Obsidian splits its recorded history at 2021: 66% of all births land in the more recent half, 34% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2013 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Obsidian popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Obsidian by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (100 births, 75% of the file).
2020s was Obsidian's strongest decade.
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.
Obsidian births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 34
2010s
34 births
- 2020s
2020s
100 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 100 births (75% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Obsidian: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~12 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, 2013–2025 (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 Obsidian 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.