Obi

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Obi: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Obi: Recorded since 1998, its highest recorded position is #758, and it stood at #968 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#758highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2419
1999	#2943
2001	#3134
2002	#3225
2003	#2857
2004	#3651
2005	#2754
2006	#1744
2007	#2741
2008	#1828
2009	#2126
2010	#2400
2011	#1688
2012	#1962
2013	#2403
2014	#2079
2015	#2150
2016	#1187
2017	#1289
2018	#1235
2019	#1083
2020	#1051
2021	#963
2022	#758
2023	#843
2024	#968

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 26 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2419 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #758 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #968 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Obi by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Obi in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000s	54	9 of 10	6
2010s	149	10 of 10	15
2020sbusiest	170	5 of 10	34

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 34 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Obi appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #758 in England and Wales in 2022.

Obi's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#968	32	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#843	38	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#758	43	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#963	31	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1051	26	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1083	25	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1235	21	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1289	20	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1187	23	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2150	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1962	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1688	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2400	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1828	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1744	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #758, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 43 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Obed · #527, 20y
Oberon · #1984, 11y
Obie · #731, 21y
Obinna · #451, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ellouise · #758, 28y
Huma · #758, 28y
Kairon · #758, 26y
Laurel · #758, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Alexie · #758, 19y
Dannii · #758, 18y
Ellouise · #758, 28y
Emilly · #758, 29y

Obi was ranked #758 in England and Wales · Boys in 2022. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Obi and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Obi without appearing here.

Obi moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2403 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2079 and #4632.
Jade Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3651 and #3651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #2126 and #4527.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2754 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1744 and #4052.
Shannon Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3651 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1744 and #4052.

Moved ahead of Obi

Filip Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2419 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #2943 and #1664.
Cillian Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2419 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #2943 and #2943.

Moved the opposite way to Obi

Aaron Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Obi went from #2419 to #968 while Aaron went from #31 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Obi went from #2419 to #968 while Adam went from #21 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Obi went from #2419 to #968 while Alan went from #196 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Obi went from #2419 to #968 while Alex went from #46 to #171.

Moved the same way as Obi

Albie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Obi went from #2419 to #968 and Albie from #716 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Obi went from #2419 to #968 and Alfie from #71 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Obi went from #2419 to #968 and Alfred from #174 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Obi went from #2419 to #968 and Archie from #120 to #10.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #758 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Obi

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Obi by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Obi at a glance

Obi by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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