How Many People Are Named Obie?
people named Obie are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 212,156 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,436 babies named Obie 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
95 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Obie, 1.7% were girls and 98.4% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Obie alive today is about 52 years old, and 47% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 34 and 73 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Obie first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1924, to 95 babies. In 2025, 10 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Obie has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #468, in 1899. In 2025 it ranked #8,061.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #8,061 |
| Best rank | #468 (1899) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #813 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Obie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Obie were born in Texas than in any other state: about 111 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Obie was given 7.2 times as often in Alabama, 6.6 times in Georgia and 5.8 times in Mississippi.
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