Obie
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- OH-bee
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,162 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Obie is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,162nd for boys in the UK (27 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
Where does Obie come from?
Pet form of Obadiah or a spelling of Obi
More on Wiktionary.
Is Obie a girl's or a boy's name?
Obie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Obie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,162among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the UK were named Obie, making it the 1,162nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 936th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 48 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Obie than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Obie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 55 boys in the UK were given Obie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #646, up from #1,162 for this spelling alone.
- Obi 28
- Obie 27
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,093rd in England and Wales.
Obie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #1,162 |
| 2024 | 38 | #899 |
| 2023 | 43 | #827 |
| 2022 | 48 | #762 |
| 2021 | 36 | #931 |
| 2020 | 34 | #936 |
| 2019 | 26 | #1,124 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,555 |
| 2017 | 21 | #1,331 |
| 2016 | 16 | #1,655 |
| 2015 | 13 | #1,888 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,583 |
How popular is Obie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 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, 10 boys in the US were named Obie, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 1924, with 88 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Obie than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Obie in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 1961, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 30% of the babies named Obie in the US in 1905, and 8% in 1948.
Obie in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 23 | #4,101 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,057 |
| 2004 | 27 | #3,452 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,074 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,786 |
| 1982 | 17 | #2,708 |
| 1981 | 18 | #2,568 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,776 |
| 1978 | 22 | #2,134 |
| 1977 | 27 | #1,858 |
| 1976 | 22 | #2,112 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 34 | #1,501 |
| 1973 | 27 | #1,696 |
| 1972 | 24 | #1,819 |
| 1971 | 33 | #1,494 |
| 1970 | 27 | #1,657 |
| 1969 | 26 | #1,604 |
| 1968 | 28 | #1,477 |
| 1967 | 25 | #1,539 |
| 1966 | 31 | #1,372 |
| 1965 | 24 | #1,594 |
| 1964 | 29 | #1,461 |
| 1963 | 29 | #1,454 |
| 1962 | 35 | #1,310 |
| 1961 | 27 | #1,551 |
| 1960 | 28 | #1,522 |
| 1959 | 30 | #1,438 |
| 1958 | 36 | #1,276 |
| 1957 | 47 | #1,116 |
| 1956 | 28 | #1,479 |
| 1955 | 39 | #1,197 |
| 1954 | 48 | #1,081 |
| 1953 | 38 | #1,213 |
| 1952 | 46 | #1,065 |
| 1951 | 52 | #971 |
| 1950 | 43 | #1,073 |
| 1949 | 50 | #984 |
| 1948 | 54 | #944 |
| 1947 | 51 | #999 |
| 1946 | 53 | #911 |
| 1945 | 50 | #899 |
| 1944 | 47 | #935 |
| 1943 | 65 | #817 |
| 1942 | 49 | #947 |
| 1941 | 44 | #960 |
| 1940 | 59 | #810 |
| 1939 | 43 | #954 |
| 1938 | 49 | #897 |
| 1937 | 54 | #830 |
| 1936 | 60 | #787 |
| 1935 | 62 | #785 |
| 1934 | 47 | #917 |
| 1933 | 52 | #860 |
| 1932 | 63 | #802 |
| 1931 | 71 | #729 |
| 1930 | 58 | #865 |
| 1929 | 57 | #878 |
| 1928 | 62 | #835 |
| 1927 | 52 | #964 |
| 1926 | 67 | #803 |
| 1925 | 60 | #858 |
| 1924 | 88 | #696 |
| 1923 | 77 | #745 |
| 1922 | 69 | #809 |
| 1921 | 69 | #825 |
| 1920 | 79 | #732 |
| 1919 | 76 | #730 |
| 1918 | 54 | #902 |
| 1917 | 80 | #668 |
| 1916 | 72 | #698 |
| 1915 | 69 | #705 |
| 1914 | 56 | #678 |
| 1913 | 42 | #711 |
| 1912 | 58 | #515 |
| 1911 | 26 | #597 |
| 1910 | 23 | #598 |
| 1909 | 16 | #679 |
| 1908 | 16 | #657 |
| 1907 | 24 | #472 |
| 1906 | 14 | #640 |
| 1905 | 21 | #491 |
| 1904 | 17 | #538 |
| 1903 | 17 | #527 |
| 1902 | 11 | #686 |
| 1901 | 11 | #637 |
| 1900 | 15 | #648 |
| 1899 | 17 | #457 |
| 1898 | 13 | #610 |
| 1897 | 13 | #584 |
| 1896 | 13 | #592 |
| 1895 | 16 | #501 |
| 1894 | 14 | #543 |
| 1893 | 9 | #705 |
| 1892 | 6 | #955 |
| 1891 | 8 | #699 |
| 1890 | 9 | #667 |
| 1889 | 7 | #789 |
| 1888 | 8 | #755 |
| 1887 | 7 | #752 |
| 1886 | 10 | #605 |
| 1885 | 7 | #765 |
| 1884 | 9 | #663 |
| 1883 | 6 | #798 |
| 1882 | 5 | #942 |
| 1881 | 6 | #780 |
| 1880 | 9 | #640 |
Names like Obie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ollie Archie Otis Charlie Freddie Otto Louie Arthur Wilfred Eddie Frederick Bertie
Other spellings of Obie
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, “Obie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/obie, updated 20 October 2026.