Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Obed

Gender

Male

Origin

Hebrew
Servant, worshipper

Pronunciation

o-bed

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2005 (rank #1159, 137 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2056, 72 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
202572
202481
202384
202284
202183
202068
201968
201874
201762
201697

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2024 (rank #3249, 6 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
2025–
20246
20235
20223
2021–
2020–
20194
20184
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2017 (rank #2412, 10 births); most recent 2023 (rank #3645, 5 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
20235
20226
20216
2020–
20196
20184
201710
201610
20159
20147

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2007 (rank #527, 4 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence