Meaning not yet researched.
Obie: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 10 in 2025. Its best rank was #468 in 1899.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #468 in 1899; #8,065 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Obie in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#8,065 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1899, at #468.
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Obie: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 10 boys in 2025. Peak: #468 in 1899 · most boys in one year: 88 (1924).
In 2025, 10 US boys were named Obie, making it the 8,065th most common boys’ name of the year, down 2,678 places from #5,387 in 2024. That is 8 fewer than the 18 boys named Obie in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #468, reached in 1899. The most boys given the name in a single year was 88, in 1924. For comparison, it was #5,916 in 2015 and #1,081 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Obie in 144 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 9 babies. In all, 4,436 US babies have been given the name, 6.1% of them girls and 94% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 749 babies named Obie.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 148 US boys were named Obie; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 22. In 2025 that was about 1 in 170,808 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Rarer spellings such as Obi, Obbie and Obe are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Obediah.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Obi (299), Obbie (296), Obe (73), Obey (16), Oby (11).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Obie is listed as a nickname for Obadiah, Obediah.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 10 | #8,065 |
| 2024 | — | — | 18 | #5,387 |
| 2023 | — | — | 15 | #6,143 |
| 2022 | — | — | 22 | #4,657 |
| 2021 | — | — | 16 | #5,713 |
| 2020 | — | — | 12 | #6,921 |
| 2019 | — | — | 12 | #7,063 |
| 2018 | — | — | 19 | #5,054 |
| 2017 | — | — | 11 | #7,412 |
| 2016 | — | — | 13 | #6,615 |
| 2015 | — | — | 15 | #5,916 |
| 2014 | — | — | 9 | #8,611 |
| 2013 | — | — | 5 | #13,524 |
| 2012 | — | — | 12 | #6,922 |
| 2011 | — | — | 13 | #6,487 |
| 2010 | — | — | 9 | #8,603 |
| 2009 | — | — | 6 | #12,060 |
| 2008 | — | — | 15 | #5,983 |
| 2007 | — | — | 22 | #4,462 |
| 2006 | — | — | 23 | #4,188 |
| 2005 | — | — | 22 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | — | — | 27 | #3,516 |
| 2003 | — | — | 6 | #10,506 |
| 2002 | — | — | 7 | #9,124 |
| 2001 | — | — | 6 | #10,181 |
| 2000 | — | — | 7 | #8,864 |
| 1999 | — | — | 5 | #11,121 |
| 1998 | — | — | 6 | #9,307 |
| 1997 | — | — | 8 | #7,091 |
| 1994 | — | — | 12 | #5,032 |
| 1993 | — | — | 7 | #7,391 |
| 1992 | — | — | 9 | #6,005 |
| 1991 | — | — | 10 | #5,399 |
| 1990 | — | — | 10 | #5,269 |
| 1989 | — | — | 13 | #4,210 |
| 1988 | — | — | 17 | #3,171 |
| 1987 | — | — | 11 | #4,165 |
| 1986 | — | — | 10 | #4,380 |
| 1985 | — | — | 14 | #3,337 |
| 1984 | — | — | 10 | #4,127 |
| 1983 | — | — | 16 | #2,879 |
| 1982 | — | — | 17 | #2,791 |
| 1981 | — | — | 18 | #2,648 |
| 1980 | — | — | 16 | #2,920 |
| 1979 | — | — | 16 | #2,863 |
| 1978 | — | — | 22 | #2,182 |
| 1977 | — | — | 27 | #1,891 |
| 1976 | — | — | 22 | #2,153 |
| 1975 | — | — | 12 | #3,187 |
| 1974 | — | — | 34 | #1,512 |
| 1973 | — | — | 27 | #1,727 |
| 1972 | — | — | 24 | #1,859 |
| 1971 | — | — | 33 | #1,515 |
| 1970 | — | — | 27 | #1,688 |
| 1969 | — | — | 26 | #1,630 |
| 1968 | — | — | 28 | #1,497 |
| 1967 | — | — | 25 | #1,561 |
| 1966 | — | — | 31 | #1,393 |
| 1965 | — | — | 24 | #1,615 |
| 1964 | — | — | 29 | #1,480 |
| 1963 | — | — | 29 | #1,476 |
| 1962 | — | — | 35 | #1,332 |
| 1961 | — | — | 27 | #1,565 |
| 1960 | — | — | 28 | #1,543 |
| 1959 | — | — | 30 | #1,457 |
| 1958 | — | — | 36 | #1,299 |
| 1957 | — | — | 47 | #1,126 |
| 1956 | — | — | 28 | #1,502 |
| 1955 | — | — | 39 | #1,209 |
| 1954 | — | — | 48 | #1,093 |
| 1953 | — | — | 38 | #1,227 |
| 1952 | — | — | 46 | #1,077 |
| 1951 | — | — | 52 | #980 |
| 1950 | — | — | 43 | #1,081 |
| 1949 | — | — | 50 | #992 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,807 | 54 | #950 |
| 1947 | — | — | 51 | #1,007 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,824 | 53 | #919 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,604 | 50 | #909 |
| 1944 | — | — | 47 | #943 |
| 1943 | — | — | 65 | #820 |
| 1942 | — | — | 49 | #953 |
| 1941 | 6 | #4,303 | 44 | #970 |
| 1940 | 9 | #3,144 | 59 | #817 |
| 1939 | — | — | 43 | #968 |
| 1938 | — | — | 49 | #904 |
| 1937 | — | — | 54 | #833 |
| 1936 | 6 | #4,034 | 60 | #793 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,723 | 62 | #788 |
| 1934 | — | — | 47 | #928 |
| 1933 | — | — | 52 | #863 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,990 | 63 | #808 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,804 | 71 | #732 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,953 | 58 | #871 |
| 1929 | 9 | #3,322 | 57 | #885 |
| 1928 | — | — | 62 | #840 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,494 | 52 | #974 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,808 | 67 | #810 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,591 | 60 | #867 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,335 | 88 | #702 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,578 | 77 | #748 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,918 | 69 | #815 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,340 | 69 | #830 |
| 1920 | — | — | 79 | #735 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,952 | 76 | #736 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,442 | 54 | #907 |
| 1917 | 10 | #3,023 | 80 | #672 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,456 | 72 | #706 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,349 | 69 | #711 |
| 1914 | 12 | #2,094 | 56 | #686 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,568 | 42 | #719 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,803 | 58 | #520 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,912 | 26 | #604 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,333 | 23 | #613 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,707 | 16 | #703 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,802 | 16 | #676 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,765 | 24 | #483 |
| 1906 | — | — | 14 | #671 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,391 | 21 | #503 |
| 1904 | — | — | 17 | #554 |
| 1903 | — | — | 17 | #544 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,737 | 11 | #720 |
| 1901 | — | — | 11 | #669 |
| 1900 | 5 | #2,142 | 15 | #670 |
| 1899 | — | — | 17 | #468 |
| 1898 | — | — | 13 | #625 |
| 1897 | — | — | 13 | #606 |
| 1896 | — | — | 13 | #622 |
| 1895 | — | — | 16 | #520 |
| 1894 | — | — | 14 | #557 |
| 1893 | — | — | 9 | #745 |
| 1892 | — | — | 6 | #1,041 |
| 1891 | — | — | 8 | #752 |
| 1890 | — | — | 9 | #721 |
| 1889 | — | — | 7 | #861 |
| 1888 | — | — | 8 | #799 |
| 1887 | — | — | 7 | #806 |
| 1886 | — | — | 10 | #632 |
| 1885 | — | — | 7 | #817 |
| 1884 | — | — | 9 | #690 |
| 1883 | — | — | 6 | #860 |
| 1882 | — | — | 5 | #1,053 |
| 1881 | — | — | 6 | #842 |
| 1880 | — | — | 9 | #670 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).