Obaida
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- oo-BAY-da
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Obaida is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “little servant of God”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Obaida mean?
Arabic: diminutive of Arabic abd 'servant'
“little servant of God”
Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah was a leading companion of the Prophet Muhammad and commander in the conquest of Syria.
Is Obaida a girl's or a boy's name?
Obaida is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Obaida in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Obaida, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 4 boys.
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were given Obaida or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,959, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Obaida in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
How popular is Obaida in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Obaida, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 2013.
Half of all the boys named Obaida in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
Obaida in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
Names like Obaida
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mustafa Huzaifa Muhammad Hamza Khalifa Humza Mujtaba Murtaza Abdullah Musa Taha Obaloluwa
Other spellings of Obaida
Ubaydah Ubaidah
Names related to Obaida
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo
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, “Obaida: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/obaida, updated 20 October 2026.