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How popular is “Obadiah” in the USA?

Number of people named “Obadiah” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Obadiah” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Obadiah” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Obadiah” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Obadiah” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Obadiah” by birth year

This chart shows how “Obadiah” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1914 5 0.00000353 5 -100%
1919 6 0.000002843 6 -100%
1920 8 0.000003536 8 -100%
1922 7 0.000003058 7 -100%
1923 8 0.000003475 8 -100%
1924 9 0.000003779 9 -100%
1925 9 0.000003857 9 -100%
1928 5 0.000002211 5 -100%
1929 7 0.000003193 7 -100%
1932 7 0.000003316 7 -100%
1933 5 0.000002501 5 -100%
1934 5 0.000002408 5 -100%
1935 6 0.000002871 6 -100%
1936 5 0.000002407 5 -100%
1938 6 0.000002712 6 -100%
1939 6 0.000002723 6 -100%
1941 5 0.000002052 5 -100%
1943 5 0.000001771 5 -100%
1945 5 0.000001885 5 -100%
1948 5 0.000001448 5 -100%
1949 9 0.000002583 9 -100%
1950 6 0.000001713 6 -100%
1953 8 0.000002076 8 -100%
1954 5 0.000001256 5 -100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 -100%
1957 5 0.00000119 5 -100%
1958 5 0.00000121 5 -100%
1960 7 0.000001685 7 -100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1969 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1970 10 0.000002773 10 -100%
1971 9 0.000002622 9 -100%
1972 14 0.000004454 14 -100%
1973 12 0.000003978 12 -100%
1974 22 0.000007237 22 -100%
1975 16 0.000005299 16 -100%
1976 12 0.000003955 12 -100%
1977 12 0.000003778 12 -100%
1978 21 0.000006617 21 -100%
1979 24 0.000007214 24 -100%
1980 21 0.000006097 21 -100%
1981 21 0.00000607 21 -100%
1982 19 0.000005416 19 -100%
1983 16 0.00000462 16 -100%
1984 11 0.000003153 11 -100%
1985 10 0.000002802 10 -100%
1986 15 0.000004217 15 -100%
1987 15 0.00000416 15 -100%
1988 14 0.000003789 14 -100%
1989 24 0.000006243 24 -100%
1990 14 0.000003542 14 -100%
1991 18 0.000004621 18 -100%
1992 19 0.000004946 19 -100%
1993 15 0.000003978 15 -100%
1994 17 0.000004573 17 -100%
1995 21 0.000005734 21 -100%
1996 23 0.000006306 23 -100%
1997 14 0.000003861 14 -100%
1998 25 0.000006797 25 -100%
1999 20 0.000005414 20 -100%
2000 35 0.000009259 35 -100%
2001 26 0.000006946 26 -100%
2002 29 0.000007758 29 -100%
2003 30 0.00000789 30 -100%
2004 26 0.000006805 26 -100%
2005 36 0.000009363 36 -100%
2006 41 0.000010364 41 -100%
2007 37 0.000009255 37 -100%
2008 33 0.000008396 33 -100%
2009 53 0.000013874 53 -100%
2010 56 0.000015153 56 -100%
2011 54 0.000014763 54 -100%
2012 69 0.000018866 69 -100%
2013 69 0.000018927 69 -100%
2014 72 0.000019426 72 -100%
2015 93 0.000025129 93 -100%
2016 107 0.000029166 107 -100%
2017 97 0.000027124 97 -100%
2018 97 0.000027589 97 -100%
2019 96 0.000027658 96 -100%
2020 104 0.000031132 104 -100%
2021 99 0.000029221 99 -100%
2022 124 0.000036652 124 -100%
2023 113 0.000034127 113 -100%
2024 131 0.000039357 131 -100%

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