Ovadia
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- oh-vahd-YAH
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Ovadia is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “servant of God”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Ovadia mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew form of Obadiah
“servant of God”
Obadiah is the prophet behind the shortest book of the Hebrew Bible.
Is Ovadia a girl's or a boy's name?
Ovadia is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ovadia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 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, 12 boys in the US were named Ovadia, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 2011.
Half of all the boys named Ovadia in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ovadia in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
Names like Ovadia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Thiago Aziel Luca Azriel Ares Ezra Ozias Jupiter Josias Santiel Marquez Boaz
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo
Sources
Figures from 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, “Ovadia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ovadia, updated 20 October 2026.