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Obie
Rank in 2024
#5,278
Born in 2024
18
Peak year
1924 · #697
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 18 boys were named Obie, about 1 in every 95,295.
- It peaked in 1924 with 88 babies, ranked #697.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 4,155 boys have been named Obie since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Obie per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 1,264 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Silent: 992 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Boomers: 763 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 394 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 174 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 194 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 167 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Named after the actress Merle Oberon, whose husband Lucien Ballard used this kind of lighting to hide small scars on her face after a car accident. ==== Noun ==== Obie (plural Obies) (television, film) A small lamp positioned over the camera, sometimes used to produce catchlights in the subject's eyes.
- A diminutive of the male given name Obadiah.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Obie, CC BY-SA 4.0.