Obie Boy
How popular is Obie?
#7,675 boy name in 2025
10 baby boys were named Obie in the US in 2025, making it the 7675th most popular boy name.
Obie popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #7,675 for boys (▼ 2438 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 10 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-33% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #5,742 in 2015, #6,616 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1924 (88 boys) |
| Highest rank | #457 in 1899 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Obie counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Obi family of names ranked #2,465 for boys in 2025 (#2,213 the year before), with 39 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Obi | 29 | 74% |
| Obie | 10 | 26% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Obie is most popular
Babies named Obie per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Ohio: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Obie by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 74 | #605 |
| 1890s | 118 | #457 |
| 1900s | 162 | #472 |
| 1910s | 556 | #515 |
| 1920s | 680 | #696 |
| 1930s | 559 | #729 |
| 1940s | 522 | #810 |
| 1950s | 407 | #971 |
| 1960s | 282 | #1,310 |
| 1970s | 244 | #1,494 |
| 1980s | 142 | #2,568 |
| 1990s | 67 | #4,797 |
| 2000s | 141 | #3,452 |
| 2010s | 118 | #4,914 |
| 2020s | 93 | #4,566 |
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Questions
- Is Obie a boy or girl name?
- Obie is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Obie were boys.
- How popular is the name Obie?
- 10 baby boys were named Obie in the US in 2025, making it the 7675th most popular boy name.
- When was Obie most popular?
- Obie peaked in 1924, when 88 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #457 in 1899.
- How many people are named Obie?
- 4,436 babies have been named Obie in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,660 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 59.
- Where is Obie most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Obie was most common in Ohio, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.