Obed is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2005 and has grown less common since.
Obed is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,072 for boy births in the United States (and #4,418 across all names), given to 72 babies. Obed first appears in 1880 and peaked in 2005 (137 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72 | 72 | #2,072 |
| 2024 | 81 | 81 | #1,950 |
| 2023 | 84 | 84 | #1,888 |
| 2022 | 84 | 84 | #1,885 |
| 2021 | 83 | 83 | #1,865 |
| 2020 | 68 | 68 | #2,088 |
| 2019 | 68 | 68 | #2,123 |
| 2018 | 74 | 74 | #1,990 |
| 2017 | 62 | 62 | #2,182 |
| 2016 | 97 | 103 | #1,651 |
| 2015 | 88 | 88 | #1,750 |
| 2014 | 94 | 99 | #1,649 |
| 2013 | 99 | 99 | #1,576 |
| 2012 | 93 | 100 | #1,664 |
| 2011 | 100 | 100 | #1,572 |
| 2010 | 114 | 120 | #1,454 |
| 2009 | 117 | 124 | #1,441 |
| 2008 | 110 | 117 | #1,489 |
| 2007 | 118 | 125 | #1,397 |
| 2006 | 114 | 119 | #1,399 |
| 2005 | 137 | 149 | #1,168 |
| 2004 | 98 | 104 | #1,439 |
| 2003 | 95 | 103 | #1,407 |
| 2002 | 96 | 108 | #1,380 |
| 2001 | 87 | 100 | #1,438 |
| 2000 | 111 | 119 | #1,219 |
| 1999 | 71 | 87 | #1,571 |
| 1998 | 59 | 66 | #1,736 |
| 1997 | 63 | — | #1,623 |
| 1996 | 77 | — | #1,385 |
| 1995 | 58 | — | #1,597 |
| 1994 | 58 | — | #1,596 |
| 1993 | 62 | — | #1,507 |
| 1992 | 41 | — | #1,973 |
| 1991 | 64 | — | #1,426 |
| 1990 | 46 | — | #1,747 |
| 1989 | 41 | — | #1,850 |
| 1988 | 40 | — | #1,760 |
| 1987 | 37 | — | #1,784 |
| 1986 | 26 | — | #2,205 |
| 1985 | 33 | — | #1,827 |
| 1984 | 28 | — | #1,962 |
| 1983 | 28 | — | #1,941 |
| 1982 | 31 | — | #1,842 |
| 1981 | 33 | — | #1,754 |
| 1980 | 29 | — | #1,944 |
| 1979 | 31 | — | #1,821 |
| 1978 | 20 | — | #2,351 |
| 1977 | 17 | — | #2,627 |
| 1976 | 21 | — | #2,219 |
| 1975 | 15 | — | #2,720 |
| 1974 | 18 | — | #2,335 |
| 1973 | 25 | — | #1,809 |
| 1972 | 10 | — | #3,281 |
| 1971 | 13 | — | #2,772 |
| 1970 | 14 | — | #2,597 |
| 1969 | 12 | — | #2,647 |
| 1968 | 15 | — | #2,166 |
| 1967 | 15 | — | #2,104 |
| 1966 | 7 | — | #3,454 |
| 1965 | 5 | — | #4,285 |
| 1964 | 21 | — | #1,778 |
| 1963 | 12 | — | #2,501 |
| 1962 | 7 | — | #3,536 |
| 1961 | 11 | — | #2,654 |
| 1960 | 10 | — | #2,811 |
| 1959 | 13 | — | #2,381 |
| 1958 | 12 | — | #2,467 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | #3,855 |
| 1956 | 8 | — | #3,127 |
| 1955 | 9 | — | #2,916 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | #4,207 |
| 1953 | 5 | — | #4,200 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | #4,098 |
| 1950 | 8 | — | #2,955 |
| 1949 | 8 | — | #2,954 |
| 1948 | 8 | — | #2,946 |
| 1947 | 6 | — | #3,640 |
| 1946 | 10 | — | #2,502 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | #3,220 |
| 1943 | 10 | — | #2,512 |
| 1942 | 5 | — | #3,921 |
| 1941 | 10 | — | #2,446 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | #3,803 |
| 1938 | 5 | — | #3,893 |
| 1937 | 6 | — | #3,413 |
| 1936 | 9 | — | #2,571 |
| 1935 | 11 | — | #2,353 |
| 1934 | 13 | — | #2,092 |
| 1933 | 5 | — | #4,009 |
| 1932 | 11 | — | #2,424 |
| 1931 | 8 | — | #3,020 |
| 1930 | 9 | — | #2,943 |
| 1929 | 9 | — | #2,907 |
| 1928 | 8 | — | #3,283 |
| 1927 | 18 | — | #1,932 |
| 1926 | 12 | — | #2,521 |
| 1925 | 9 | — | #3,076 |
| 1924 | 18 | — | #1,949 |
| 1923 | 17 | — | #2,003 |
| 1922 | 18 | — | #1,937 |
| 1921 | 12 | — | #2,591 |
| 1920 | 15 | — | #2,196 |
| 1919 | 15 | — | #2,123 |
| 1918 | 16 | — | #2,047 |
| 1917 | 10 | — | #2,669 |
| 1916 | 17 | — | #1,821 |
| 1915 | 10 | — | #2,568 |
| 1914 | 11 | — | #2,067 |
| 1912 | 6 | — | #2,474 |
| 1910 | 8 | — | #1,279 |
| 1909 | 6 | — | #1,403 |
| 1902 | 5 | — | #1,258 |
| 1894 | 5 | — | #1,192 |
| 1880 | 6 | — | #883 |