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How popular is “Obie” in the USA?

Number of people named “Obie” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Obie” by birth year

This chart shows how “Obie” 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 9 0.000044669 9 -100%
1881 6 0.000031138 6 -100%
1882 5 0.00002257 5 -100%
1883 6 0.000027657 6 -100%
1884 9 0.000036967 9 -100%
1885 7 0.000029063 7 -100%
1886 10 0.000039167 10 -100%
1887 7 0.000028295 7 -100%
1888 8 0.000026714 8 -100%
1889 7 0.000024226 7 -100%
1890 9 0.000029861 9 -100%
1891 8 0.000027906 8 -100%
1892 6 0.000017944 6 -100%
1893 9 0.000027673 9 -100%
1894 14 0.000041336 14 -100%
1895 16 0.000045581 16 -100%
1896 13 0.000036365 13 -100%
1897 13 0.000037469 13 -100%
1898 13 0.00003408 13 -100%
1899 17 0.000050113 17 -100%
1900 20 0.000044419 5 15 -50%
1901 11 0.000031809 11 -100%
1902 17 0.000043958 6 11 -29%
1903 17 0.000044596 17 -100%
1904 17 0.000042133 17 -100%
1905 30 0.000070768 9 21 -40%
1906 14 0.000032676 14 -100%
1907 31 0.000066611 7 24 -55%
1908 23 0.000047069 7 16 -39%
1909 24 0.000046946 8 16 -33%
1910 29 0.000049093 6 23 -59%
1911 34 0.000052772 8 26 -53%
1912 69 0.000069834 11 58 -68%
1913 47 0.000041333 5 42 -79%
1914 68 0.000048011 12 56 -65%
1915 77 0.000042021 8 69 -79%
1916 85 0.000043941 13 72 -69%
1917 90 0.000044849 10 80 -78%
1918 63 0.000029017 9 54 -71%
1919 87 0.000041227 11 76 -75%
1920 79 0.000034915 79 -100%
1921 79 0.00003384 10 69 -75%
1922 77 0.000033637 8 69 -79%
1923 86 0.000037351 9 77 -79%
1924 95 0.000039889 7 88 -85%
1925 69 0.000029572 9 60 -74%
1926 75 0.000032667 8 67 -79%
1927 61 0.0000263 9 52 -70%
1928 62 0.000027422 62 -100%
1929 66 0.000030107 9 57 -73%
1930 65 0.000029236 7 58 -78%
1931 76 0.000036115 5 71 -87%
1932 73 0.000034576 10 63 -73%
1933 52 0.000026007 52 -100%
1934 47 0.000022631 47 -100%
1935 67 0.000032059 5 62 -85%
1936 66 0.000031768 6 60 -82%
1937 54 0.000025344 54 -100%
1938 49 0.000022146 49 -100%
1939 43 0.000019515 43 -100%
1940 68 0.000029531 9 59 -74%
1941 50 0.000020522 6 44 -76%
1942 49 0.000017937 49 -100%
1943 65 0.000023029 65 -100%
1944 47 0.000017472 47 -100%
1945 58 0.000021863 8 50 -72%
1946 59 0.000018465 6 53 -80%
1947 51 0.000014158 51 -100%
1948 59 0.000017089 5 54 -83%
1949 50 0.000014348 50 -100%
1950 43 0.000012274 43 -100%
1951 52 0.000014116 52 -100%
1952 46 0.000012112 46 -100%
1953 38 0.000009861 38 -100%
1954 48 0.000012058 48 -100%
1955 39 0.000009713 39 -100%
1956 28 0.000006791 28 -100%
1957 47 0.000011185 47 -100%
1958 36 0.000008708 36 -100%
1959 30 0.000007215 30 -100%
1960 28 0.000006741 28 -100%
1961 27 0.000006518 27 -100%
1962 35 0.000008673 35 -100%
1963 29 0.000007327 29 -100%
1964 29 0.00000746 29 -100%
1965 24 0.00000662 24 -100%
1966 31 0.000008919 31 -100%
1967 25 0.000007364 25 -100%
1968 28 0.000008288 28 -100%
1969 26 0.000007481 26 -100%
1970 27 0.000007486 27 -100%
1971 33 0.000009614 33 -100%
1972 24 0.000007636 24 -100%
1973 27 0.00000895 27 -100%
1974 34 0.000011184 34 -100%
1975 12 0.000003974 12 -100%
1976 22 0.00000725 22 -100%
1977 27 0.0000085 27 -100%
1978 22 0.000006932 22 -100%
1979 16 0.000004809 16 -100%
1980 16 0.000004645 16 -100%
1981 18 0.000005203 18 -100%
1982 17 0.000004846 17 -100%
1983 16 0.00000462 16 -100%
1984 10 0.000002866 10 -100%
1985 14 0.000003923 14 -100%
1986 10 0.000002811 10 -100%
1987 11 0.000003051 11 -100%
1988 17 0.000004601 17 -100%
1989 13 0.000003382 13 -100%
1990 10 0.00000253 10 -100%
1991 10 0.000002567 10 -100%
1992 9 0.000002343 9 -100%
1993 7 0.000001857 7 -100%
1994 12 0.000003228 12 -100%
1997 8 0.000002206 8 -100%
1998 6 0.000001631 6 -100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 -100%
2000 7 0.000001852 7 -100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 -100%
2002 7 0.000001873 7 -100%
2003 6 0.000001578 6 -100%
2004 27 0.000007066 27 -100%
2005 22 0.000005722 22 -100%
2006 23 0.000005814 23 -100%
2007 22 0.000005503 22 -100%
2008 15 0.000003816 15 -100%
2009 6 0.000001571 6 -100%
2010 9 0.000002435 9 -100%
2011 13 0.000003554 13 -100%
2012 12 0.000003281 12 -100%
2013 5 0.000001371 5 -100%
2014 9 0.000002428 9 -100%
2015 15 0.000004053 15 -100%
2016 13 0.000003543 13 -100%
2017 11 0.000003076 11 -100%
2018 19 0.000005404 19 -100%
2019 12 0.000003457 12 -100%
2020 12 0.000003592 12 -100%
2021 16 0.000004723 16 -100%
2022 22 0.000006503 22 -100%
2023 15 0.00000453 15 -100%
2024 18 0.000005408 18 -100%

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