Obinna

maleStatistical record

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

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

Obinna: Recorded since 1996, it reached #451 in 2002, and it stood at #1,859 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#451highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2020
1997	#1578
1998	#1821
1999	#2097
2000	#2501
2001	#1949
2002	#3225
2003	#2470
2005	#3208
2006	#2538
2007	#2741
2008	#2097
2009	#2544
2010	#2036
2011	#1600
2012	#1962
2013	#2660
2014	#2964
2015	#3908
2016	#2556
2017	#2734
2018	#3412
2019	#2104
2020	#3334
2021	#2730
2022	#1879
2023	#1610
2024	#1859

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 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2005: #518 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #3208 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2020 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2002–2005
Highest recorded position: #451 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2002 (recorded 2002–2005).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1859 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Obinna appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 207 births with the name.

Obinna across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Obinna's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2020 (1996)	#1578 (1997)	#1859 (2024)	28 of 29	207 (1996–2024)	15 (2023)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#451 (2002)	#451 (2002)	#518 (2005)	2 of 4	6 (2002–2005)	3 (2002)

Obinna 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 Obinna in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	23	4 of 10	6
2000s	50	9 of 10	6
2010s	82	10 of 10	8
2020sbusiest	52	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

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

Obinna 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #451 in Republic of Ireland in 2002.

Obinna'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	#1859	13	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1610	15	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1879	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2730	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2104	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2556	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1962	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1600	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2036	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2097	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	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	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1578	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #451, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 2002, and 6 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.

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
Oceana · #1692, 22y

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.

Akeem · #451, 29y
Immanuel · #451, 29y
Jawad · #451, 30y
Kehinde · #451, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Akeem · #451, 29y
Anderson · #451, 29y
Ayooluwa · #451, 11y
Immanuel · #451, 29y

Obinna was ranked #451 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2002. 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.

Obinna 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 Obinna without appearing here.

Obinna moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2730 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1610 and #4991.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1610 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1859 and #5119.
Kelly Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3412 and #3011 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #2104 and #4702.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1610 and #4107.

Moved ahead of Obinna

Hunter Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2470 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3208 and #1135.
Kasper Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2470 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3208 and #1617.
Theodor Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2538 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #2741 and #1440.
Harper Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1949 and #2587 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #3225 and #2254.

Moved the opposite way to Obinna

Espen Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Obinna went from #3225 to #1859 while Espen went from #3225 to #5119.

Moved the same way as Obinna

Brooke Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Obinna went from #2020 to #3334 and Brooke from #2357 to #4608.
Kim Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Obinna went from #2020 to #3908 and Kim from #1168 to #4747.
Kristoffer Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Obinna went from #2020 to #3908 and Kristoffer from #2357 to #3373.
Tayla Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Obinna went from #2020 to #3908 and Tayla from #1458 to #4747.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #451 in Republic of Ireland in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Obinna

Obinna at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Obinna across 2 official records

Obinna by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Obinna appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Obinna at a glance

Obinna across 2 official records

Obinna by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Obinna

Obinna and the names beside it

Obinna moved ahead of

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