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How popular is the name Obadiah?
Births per year, rank history and how many Obadiahs are alive today.
Obadiah (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2269th in 2025 and given to 10 babies. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
The Obadiah you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Obadiahs born in England and Wales are between 5 and 17, and there are at least 110 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Obadiah - on average, only one in every 2,755 such rooms contains a Obadiah.
How many babies are named Obadiah each year?
Where does Obadiah rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Obadiah most popular?
Obadiah peaked in 2025, when 10 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Obadiah?
At least 110 people named Obadiah born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Obadiah?
Most living Obadiahs are between 5 and 17; the most common age is about 2.
Is Obadiah becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.