boys:
241 births since 2007
#4345 (5th percentile)
overall:
241 births since 2007
#7498 (3rd percentile)
The name Obi is the #7,498 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 241 recorded births since 2007. This represents the 3.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,345 (5.2% percentile) for all time with 241 births since 2007.
Obi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2007 (first recorded for boys in 2007). Birth data for Obi is available in 16 out of the 17 years between 2007 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Obi reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 3.5% percentile (ranked #879) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 20 births per million (ranked 3.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Obi is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #879 (3.5% percentile) with 20 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Obi".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Obi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Obi is pronounced as OH-bee, which has 2 syllables.
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