Obadiah

maleStatistical record

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

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

Obadiah: Recorded since 2006, it reached #2,266 in 2019, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
19years from first to last
#2266highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2006–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2006	#4052
2008	#3158
2009	#4527
2010	#4678
2011	#3830
2012	#3039
2014	#3362
2015	#2483
2016	#4023
2018	#4749
2019	#2266
2020	#2960
2021	#3451
2022	#4001
2023	#2813
2024	#3254

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 16 of the 19 years from 2006 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2006–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2006
First recorded at #4052 among boys in England and Wales in 2006 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2006–2024
Highest recorded position: #2266 among boys in England and Wales, in 2019 (recorded 2006–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Obadiah 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 Obadiah in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	11	3 of 10	4
2010s	42	8 of 10	5
2020sbusiest	28	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Obadiah 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 2006 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2266 in England and Wales in 2019.

Obadiah'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	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2483	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	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 2006 and 2024, ranked in 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,266, first reached in 2019.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

Its record falls into 4 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,254position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
9births registered in its largest year, 2019Under 25 births →

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.

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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.

Duarte · #2266, 15y
Kiril · #2266, 15y
Metehan · #2266, 12y
Nooh · #2266, 17y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Duarte · #2266, 15y
Kiril · #2266, 15y
Nooh · #2266, 17y
Wael · #2266, 18y

Obadiah 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 Obadiah without appearing here.

Obadiah moved ahead of

Sander Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3830 and #3830 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2483 and #4747.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4001 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3451 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #4991.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.

What's not yet available

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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 2006 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2266 in England and Wales in 2019. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Obadiah

Obadiah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Obadiah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Obadiah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Obadiah and the names beside it

Obadiah moved ahead of

Obadiah at a glance

Obadiah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Obadiah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Obadiah and the names beside it

Obadiah moved ahead of