Obie

Girl · recorded 1900–1948

  • 1948last recorded
  • 1905best year

Most popular in 1905.

Last recorded in 1948. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Obie.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1900

0163119001912192419361948

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 34 recorded years as a table
Obie, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190017
190223
190531
190722
190821
190923
191015
191119
191220
19138
191416
19158
191612
19179
19188
191910
19218
19227
19237
19246
19257
19267
19278
19298
19306
19315
19329
19355
19366
19408
19415
19456
19464
19483

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Obie isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1948
5
Rank in 1948
#5,243
How rare
1 in 339,581 girls
Since 1900
271

Obie was last recorded in 1948. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1905, at 31 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Obie doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.