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Obadiah

Boy Hebrew #1554 in 2023

Obadiah is a boy name of Hebrew origin.

Meaning of Obadiah

A book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and of the Tanakh. From עובדיה; comparable to Arabic عبد اللّٰه.

Popularity of Obadiah

Popularity, 1914–2023

113 births in 2023

1914 2023

2,285 U.S. births recorded from 1914–2023.

Peak year

2022

124 babies

First recorded

1914

109 years of history

Recent trend

Rising

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

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About this page

Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Etymology adapted from Wiktionary under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.