# Obed (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/obed/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “servant” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,135 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,135 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 84, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hebrew אובד or עוֹבֵד (Oved, “servant”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 100 | 1,572 |
| 2012 | 93 | 1,664 |
| 2013 | 99 | 1,576 |
| 2014 | 94 | 1,649 |
| 2015 | 88 | 1,750 |
| 2016 | 97 | 1,651 |
| 2017 | 62 | 2,182 |
| 2018 | 74 | 1,990 |
| 2019 | 68 | 2,123 |
| 2020 | 68 | 2,088 |
| 2021 | 83 | 1,865 |
| 2022 | 84 | 1,885 |
| 2023 | 84 | 1,888 |
| 2024 | 81 | 1,950 |
| 2025 | 72 | 2,072 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 4 | 2,636 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,009 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,208 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2008 | 6 | 2,775 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |

## In other languages

- Hebrew: עוֹבֵד

## People named Obed

- Obed Nkambadio, French footballer (born 2003)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.