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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Obed” in the USA?

Number of people named “Obed” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Obed” 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 “Obed” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Obed” by birth year

This chart shows how “Obed” 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
1880 6 0.000029779 6 -100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 -100%
1902 5 0.000012929 5 -100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 -100%
1910 8 0.000013543 8 -100%
1912 6 0.000006072 6 -100%
1914 11 0.000007766 11 -100%
1915 10 0.000005457 10 -100%
1916 17 0.000008788 17 -100%
1917 10 0.000004983 10 -100%
1918 16 0.000007369 16 -100%
1919 15 0.000007108 15 -100%
1920 15 0.000006629 15 -100%
1921 12 0.00000514 12 -100%
1922 18 0.000007863 18 -100%
1923 17 0.000007383 17 -100%
1924 18 0.000007558 18 -100%
1925 9 0.000003857 9 -100%
1926 12 0.000005227 12 -100%
1927 18 0.000007761 18 -100%
1928 8 0.000003538 8 -100%
1929 9 0.000004106 9 -100%
1930 9 0.000004048 9 -100%
1931 8 0.000003802 8 -100%
1932 11 0.00000521 11 -100%
1933 5 0.000002501 5 -100%
1934 13 0.00000626 13 -100%
1935 11 0.000005263 11 -100%
1936 9 0.000004332 9 -100%
1937 6 0.000002816 6 -100%
1938 5 0.00000226 5 -100%
1940 5 0.000002171 5 -100%
1941 10 0.000004104 10 -100%
1942 5 0.00000183 5 -100%
1943 10 0.000003543 10 -100%
1945 6 0.000002262 6 -100%
1946 10 0.00000313 10 -100%
1947 6 0.000001666 6 -100%
1948 8 0.000002317 8 -100%
1949 8 0.000002296 8 -100%
1950 8 0.000002284 8 -100%
1951 5 0.000001357 5 -100%
1953 5 0.000001297 5 -100%
1954 5 0.000001256 5 -100%
1955 9 0.000002242 9 -100%
1956 8 0.00000194 8 -100%
1957 6 0.000001428 6 -100%
1958 12 0.000002903 12 -100%
1959 13 0.000003127 13 -100%
1960 10 0.000002407 10 -100%
1961 11 0.000002656 11 -100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 -100%
1963 12 0.000003032 12 -100%
1964 21 0.000005402 21 -100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1966 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1967 15 0.000004418 15 -100%
1968 15 0.00000444 15 -100%
1969 12 0.000003453 12 -100%
1970 14 0.000003882 14 -100%
1971 13 0.000003787 13 -100%
1972 10 0.000003182 10 -100%
1973 25 0.000008287 25 -100%
1974 18 0.000005921 18 -100%
1975 15 0.000004968 15 -100%
1976 21 0.000006921 21 -100%
1977 17 0.000005352 17 -100%
1978 20 0.000006301 20 -100%
1979 31 0.000009318 31 -100%
1980 29 0.000008419 29 -100%
1981 33 0.000009539 33 -100%
1982 31 0.000008837 31 -100%
1983 28 0.000008085 28 -100%
1984 28 0.000008026 28 -100%
1985 33 0.000009246 33 -100%
1986 26 0.000007309 26 -100%
1987 37 0.000010262 37 -100%
1988 40 0.000010825 40 -100%
1989 41 0.000010665 41 -100%
1990 46 0.000011638 46 -100%
1991 64 0.00001643 64 -100%
1992 41 0.000010674 41 -100%
1993 62 0.000016444 62 -100%
1994 58 0.000015601 58 -100%
1995 58 0.000015838 58 -100%
1996 77 0.000021112 77 -100%
1997 63 0.000017376 63 -100%
1998 59 0.00001604 59 -100%
1999 71 0.000019221 71 -100%
2000 111 0.000029366 111 -100%
2001 87 0.000023241 87 -100%
2002 96 0.00002568 96 -100%
2003 95 0.000024985 95 -100%
2004 98 0.000025648 98 -100%
2005 137 0.000035632 137 -100%
2006 114 0.000028816 114 -100%
2007 118 0.000029517 118 -100%
2008 110 0.000027985 110 -100%
2009 117 0.000030627 117 -100%
2010 114 0.000030846 114 -100%
2011 100 0.000027339 100 -100%
2012 93 0.000025428 93 -100%
2013 99 0.000027156 99 -100%
2014 94 0.000025362 94 -100%
2015 88 0.000023778 88 -100%
2016 97 0.00002644 97 -100%
2017 62 0.000017337 62 -100%
2018 74 0.000021047 74 -100%
2019 68 0.000019591 68 -100%
2020 68 0.000020356 68 -100%
2021 83 0.000024499 83 -100%
2022 84 0.000024829 84 -100%
2023 84 0.000025368 84 -100%
2024 81 0.000024335 81 -100%

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