How Many People Are Named Obadiah?
people named Obadiah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 145,502 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,521 babies named Obadiah in Social Security records from 1914 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
131 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "servant of YAHWEH" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of one of the twelve minor prophets, the author of the Book of Obadiah, which predicts the downfall of the nation of Edom.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Obadiah in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Obadiah alive today is about 17 years old, and 81% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 24 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Obadiah first appears in the records in 1914 and was given most often in 2024, to 131 babies. In 2025, 104 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1914 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Obadiah has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,414, in 2024. In 2025 it ranked #1,630.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,630 |
| Best rank | #1,414 (2024) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,844 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Obadiah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Obadiah were born in California than in any other state: about 175 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Obadiah was given 2 times as often in California and 1.5 times in Texas.
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