Obama

The surname of the 44th US President has been been adopted as a first, for girls as well as boys, by admiring parents around the world. And the O beginning even makes it fashionable. Though Barack Obama's name derives from the Luo people of Kenya, Obama is also a Japanese place name and a surname that means "little beach."

Pronounced oh-BAH-muh.

As of October 2026, Obama ranked #5736 in US births in 2009 SSA.