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Obadiah

Pronounced /ˌoʊbəˈdaɪə/

Rank in 2024
#1,413
Born in 2024
131
Peak year
2024 · #1413
Origin
Hebrew

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 131 boys were named Obadiah, about 1 in every 13,094.
  • 2024 is its biggest year on record.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1914.
  • 2,416 boys have been named Obadiah since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Obadiah per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 52 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 67 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 56 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 183 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 272 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 584 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,202 babies, 0.06 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Hebrew עובדיה (Ovadya, “servant of Yahweh”); comparable to Arabic عبد اللّٰه (ʕabd-allah, “servant of God”).

  • A male given name from Hebrew, of biblical origin.
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
/ˌoʊbəˈdaɪə/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Obadiah, CC BY-SA 4.0.