Obed
Boy · Hebrew
Obed is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “servant”. In 2025 it ranked 2,056th for boys in the US (72 babies).
What does Obed mean?
Hebrew
“servant”
A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Obed a girl's or a boy's name?
Obed is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 72 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Obed in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 6 boys.
Half of all the boys named Obed in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Obed in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Obed in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,056among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 72about 1 in 24,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 72 boys in the US were named Obed, making it the 2,056th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,069th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 137 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Obed than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Obed in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Obed in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72 | #2,056 |
| 2024 | 81 | #1,938 |
| 2023 | 84 | #1,875 |
| 2022 | 84 | #1,874 |
| 2021 | 83 | #1,852 |
| 2020 | 68 | #2,069 |
| 2019 | 68 | #2,109 |
| 2018 | 74 | #1,980 |
| 2017 | 62 | #2,169 |
| 2016 | 97 | #1,641 |
| 2015 | 88 | #1,740 |
| 2014 | 94 | #1,641 |
| 2013 | 99 | #1,568 |
| 2012 | 93 | #1,656 |
| 2011 | 100 | #1,565 |
| 2010 | 114 | #1,447 |
| 2009 | 117 | #1,433 |
| 2008 | 110 | #1,482 |
| 2007 | 118 | #1,387 |
| 2006 | 114 | #1,391 |
| 2005 | 137 | #1,161 |
| 2004 | 98 | #1,433 |
| 2003 | 95 | #1,398 |
| 2002 | 96 | #1,369 |
| 2001 | 87 | #1,425 |
| 2000 | 111 | #1,212 |
| 1999 | 71 | #1,557 |
| 1998 | 59 | #1,716 |
| 1997 | 63 | #1,596 |
| 1996 | 77 | #1,373 |
| 1995 | 58 | #1,583 |
| 1994 | 58 | #1,576 |
| 1993 | 62 | #1,488 |
| 1992 | 41 | #1,950 |
| 1991 | 64 | #1,416 |
| 1990 | 46 | #1,725 |
| 1989 | 41 | #1,826 |
| 1988 | 40 | #1,726 |
| 1987 | 37 | #1,758 |
| 1986 | 26 | #2,159 |
| 1985 | 33 | #1,793 |
| 1984 | 28 | #1,932 |
| 1983 | 28 | #1,904 |
| 1982 | 31 | #1,814 |
| 1981 | 33 | #1,725 |
| 1980 | 29 | #1,910 |
| 1979 | 31 | #1,788 |
| 1978 | 20 | #2,279 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,555 |
| 1976 | 21 | #2,176 |
| 1975 | 15 | #2,635 |
| 1974 | 18 | #2,275 |
| 1973 | 25 | #1,782 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,685 |
| 1970 | 14 | #2,508 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,548 |
| 1968 | 15 | #2,108 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,029 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 21 | #1,728 |
| 1963 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 13 | #2,294 |
| 1958 | 12 | #2,368 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,763 |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,801 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 10 | #2,402 |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 10 | #2,404 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,333 |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,246 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,022 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,313 |
| 1931 | 8 | #2,863 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,764 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,074 |
| 1927 | 18 | #1,871 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,435 |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 18 | #1,894 |
| 1923 | 17 | #1,940 |
| 1922 | 18 | #1,883 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,501 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,130 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,062 |
| 1918 | 16 | #1,997 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,561 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,770 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,457 |
| 1914 | 11 | #1,974 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,192 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,073 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 6 | #809 |
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