Obadiah
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,342 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,621 for boys
Obadiah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “servant of Yahweh”. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies) and 1,621st for boys in the US (104 babies).
What does Obadiah mean?
Hebrew
“servant of Yahweh”
A male given name from Hebrew, of biblical origin.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Obadiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Obadiah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK and 104 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Obadiah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,342among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Obadiah, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 11 boys.
2025 had more boys named Obadiah than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Obadiah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales.
Obadiah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,342 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
How popular is Obadiah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,621among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 104about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 104 boys in the US were named Obadiah, making it the 1,621st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,563rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 131 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Obadiah in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Obadiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 104 | #1,621 |
| 2024 | 131 | #1,413 |
| 2023 | 113 | #1,547 |
| 2022 | 124 | #1,457 |
| 2021 | 99 | #1,667 |
| 2020 | 105 | #1,563 |
| 2019 | 96 | #1,670 |
| 2018 | 97 | #1,657 |
| 2017 | 97 | #1,630 |
| 2016 | 107 | #1,548 |
| 2015 | 93 | #1,677 |
| 2014 | 72 | #1,978 |
| 2013 | 69 | #1,988 |
| 2012 | 69 | #2,015 |
| 2011 | 54 | #2,345 |
| 2010 | 56 | #2,286 |
| 2009 | 53 | #2,400 |
| 2008 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2007 | 37 | #3,088 |
| 2006 | 41 | #2,783 |
| 2005 | 36 | #2,898 |
| 2004 | 26 | #3,530 |
| 2003 | 30 | #3,114 |
| 2002 | 29 | #3,091 |
| 2001 | 26 | #3,316 |
| 2000 | 35 | #2,616 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 25 | #3,089 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 23 | #3,102 |
| 1995 | 21 | #3,186 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,331 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,319 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 24 | #2,609 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 15 | #3,197 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,128 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,786 |
| 1982 | 19 | #2,517 |
| 1981 | 21 | #2,337 |
| 1980 | 21 | #2,366 |
| 1979 | 24 | #2,104 |
| 1978 | 21 | #2,205 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,201 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,093 |
| 1975 | 16 | #2,538 |
| 1974 | 22 | #1,983 |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,855 |
| 1972 | 14 | #2,533 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 8 | #2,904 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,605 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,173 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
Names like Obadiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elijah Noah Jeremiah Josiah Zachariah Jonah Isaiah Tobias Elias Matteo Ezekiel Jude
Names related to Obadiah
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Obadiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/obadiah, updated 20 October 2026.