Obi
A boys’ name of Yoruba origin, meaning heart, spirit, will.
Babies a year
28
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1066
28 babies
Obi by the numbers
In 2025, 28 babies in England and Wales were named Obi. In the US, 10 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 14 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Obi. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean life
Like Obi, each of these has life in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.