Obed

maleStatistical record

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

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

Obed: Recorded since 1997, it reached #527 in 2007, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#527highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2859
1998	#2901
1999	#2097
2000	#2501
2001	#1949
2002	#2636
2004	#3009
2005	#3208
2006	#4052
2007	#3589
2008	#2775
2009	#3227
2010	#3865
2012	#3987
2013	#4685
2018	#3959
2019	#3937
2022	#4789
2023	#3523
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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 20 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

In 2007: #527 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #3589 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2859 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Obed 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 Obed in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	11	3 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	40	9 of 10	4
2010s	19	5 of 10	4
2020s	14	3 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Obed appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #527 in Republic of Ireland in 2007.

Obed'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	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #527, first reached in 2007.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 2001.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 10 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#3,254position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
10 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 6 to 10 years →
6births registered in its largest year, 2001Under 25 births →

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Brook · #527, 29y
Enrico · #527, 29y
Mazin · #527, 27y
Pranav · #527, 29y

Obed was ranked #527 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2007. 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.

Obed 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 Obed without appearing here.

Obed moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3959 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4991.

Moved ahead of Obed

Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3959 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2104.
Leif Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2775 and #3687 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #3227 and #1568.
Malin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3959 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2728.
Gunnar Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3865 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #4685 and #3822.

Moved the opposite way to Obed

Arlo Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Obed went from #2097 to #3254 while Arlo went from #2943 to #15.
Harper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Obed went from #2097 to #3254 while Harper went from #2425 to #1402.
Kasper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Obed went from #2097 to #3254 while Kasper went from #2425 to #529.
Leif Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Obed went from #2097 to #3254 while Leif went from #2943 to #814.

Moved the same way as Obed

Brent Compare
Between 1997 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Obed went from #2859 to #4789 and Brent from #725 to #3449.
Tor Compare
Between 1997 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Obed went from #2859 to #4789 and Tor from #1578 to #3449.
Ole Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Obed went from #2901 to #4789 and Ole from #2901 to #4789.
Kim Compare
Between 1997 and 2013 in England and Wales · Boys, Obed went from #2859 to #4685 and Kim from #1174 to #3822.

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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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #527 in Republic of Ireland in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Obed by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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