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Obed

Rank in 2024
#1,933
Born in 2024
81
Peak year
2005 · #1162
Origin
Hebrew

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 81 boys were named Obed, about 1 in every 21,177.
  • It peaked in 2005 with 137 babies, ranked #1162.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 4,063 boys have been named Obed since 1880.

Who else has this name

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

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Greatest: 223 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 130 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 164 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 267 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 703 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,583 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 982 babies, 0.05 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Hebrew אובד or עוֹבֵד (Oved, “servant”).

  • A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
Not recorded

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