# Obie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/obie/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,436 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,165 / 271 (6% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 388, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Altered spelling of French Aubé.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1924 | 7 | 4,335 |
| 1925 | 9 | 3,591 |
| 1926 | 8 | 3,808 |
| 1927 | 9 | 3,494 |
| 1929 | 9 | 3,322 |
| 1930 | 7 | 3,953 |
| 1931 | 5 | 4,804 |
| 1932 | 10 | 2,990 |
| 1935 | 5 | 4,723 |
| 1936 | 6 | 4,034 |
| 1940 | 9 | 3,144 |
| 1941 | 6 | 4,303 |
| 1945 | 8 | 3,604 |
| 1946 | 6 | 4,824 |
| 1948 | 5 | 5,807 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 6,487 |
| 2012 | 12 | 6,922 |
| 2013 | 5 | 13,524 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8,611 |
| 2015 | 15 | 5,916 |
| 2016 | 13 | 6,615 |
| 2017 | 11 | 7,412 |
| 2018 | 19 | 5,054 |
| 2019 | 12 | 7,063 |
| 2020 | 12 | 6,921 |
| 2021 | 16 | 5,713 |
| 2022 | 22 | 4,657 |
| 2023 | 15 | 6,143 |
| 2024 | 18 | 5,387 |
| 2025 | 10 | 8,065 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,117 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,459 |
| 2015 | 12 | 1,902 |
| 2016 | 15 | 1,627 |
| 2017 | 20 | 1,289 |
| 2018 | 17 | 1,455 |
| 2019 | 26 | 1,056 |
| 2020 | 34 | 856 |
| 2021 | 36 | 854 |
| 2022 | 45 | 731 |
| 2023 | 43 | 770 |
| 2024 | 38 | 847 |
| 2025 | 27 | 1,093 |

## 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.