How Many People Are Named Obed?
people named Obed are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 93,486 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,135 babies named Obed in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
137 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "servant, worshipper" in Hebrew. This is the name of several Old Testament characters including the grandfather of David.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Obed in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Obed alive today is about 23 years old, and 73% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 31 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Obed first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2005, to 137 babies. In 2025, 72 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Obed has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #883, in 1880. In 2025 it ranked #2,072.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,072 |
| Best rank | #883 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,373 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Obed alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Obed were born in Texas than in any other state: about 726 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Obed was given 3.8 times as often in Texas, 2.5 times in Arizona and 2.4 times in California.
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