Obie

maleStatistical record

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

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

Obie: Recorded every year since 2004, its highest recorded position is #731, and it stood at #847 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#731highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2004–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#1498
2005	#2418
2006	#3385
2007	#2023
2008	#2097
2009	#3744
2010	#3865
2011	#3300
2012	#2117
2013	#3315
2014	#2459
2015	#1902
2016	#1627
2017	#1289
2018	#1455
2019	#1056
2020	#856
2021	#854
2022	#731
2023	#770
2024	#847

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 every year from 2004 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2004–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #1498 among boys in England and Wales in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2004–2024
Highest recorded position: #731 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 2004–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #847 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Obie 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 Obie in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	43	6 of 10	7
2010s	122	10 of 10	12
2020sbusiest	196	5 of 10	39

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 39 births a year.

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

Obie 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 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #731 in England and Wales in 2022.

Obie'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	#847	38	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#770	43	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#731	45	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#854	36	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#856	34	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1056	26	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1455	17	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1289	20	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1627	15	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1902	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2459	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2117	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2097	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2023	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1498	11	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 2004 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #731, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 45 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

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 →
21 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#847position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
45births registered in its largest year, 202225 to 49 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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Ocean · #260, 30y

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.

Anniyah · #731, 19y
Ariyan · #729, 22y
Ayaana · #729, 20y
Chace · #734, 24y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Anniyah · #731, 19y
Christiano · #730, 15y
Delvin · #730, 13y
Efraim · #730, 16y

Obie was ranked #731 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.

Obie 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 Obie without appearing here.

Obie moved ahead of

Keith Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1902 and #1673 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #1627 and #2804.
Murray Compare
In 2016 they stood at #1627 and #1271 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #1289 and #2324.
Isak Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3315 and #2660 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2459 and #3362.
Ross Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1056 and #894 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #856 and #1723.

Moved ahead of Obie

Hunter Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1498 and #1878 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #2418 and #1135.
Cillian Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1498 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #2418 and #1190.
Leif Compare
In 2023 they stood at #770 and #827 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #847 and #814.
Theodor Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1498 and #1732 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #2418 and #2418.

Moved the opposite way to Obie

Aaron Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Obie went from #1498 to #847 while Aaron went from #41 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Obie went from #1498 to #847 while Adam went from #24 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Obie went from #1498 to #847 while Alan went from #275 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Obie went from #1498 to #847 while Alex went from #46 to #171.

Moved the same way as Obie

Albie Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Obie went from #1498 to #847 and Albie from #408 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Obie went from #1498 to #847 and Alfred from #171 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Obie went from #1498 to #847 and Archie from #45 to #10.
Arlo Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Obie went from #1498 to #847 and Arlo from #875 to #15.

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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 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #731 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Obie

Obie at a glance

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Popularity journey

Obie by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Obie at a glance

Obie by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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