Obie
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning point of a weapon; diminutive of Obadiah.
Babies a year
27
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1093
27 babies
Obie by the numbers
In 2025, 27 babies in England and Wales were named Obie. In the US, 11 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 88 babies in 1924, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Obie. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
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