Obadiah
About Obadiah
The name Obadiah peaked for boys at #1412 in 2024. The name is most popular in Iowa, Oregon, and Arkansas.
As of October 2026, Obadiah ranked #1630 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1412 in 2024.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,993 | 72 | 37.5 |
| 2015 | #1,689 | 93 | 48.5 |
| 2016 | #1,553 | 107 | 56.4 |
| 2017 | #1,638 | 97 | 52.4 |
| 2018 | #1,661 | 97 | 53.4 |
| 2019 | #1,673 | 96 | 53.5 |
| 2020 | #1,572 | 104 | 60.3 |
| 2021 | #1,675 | 99 | 56.6 |
| 2022 | #1,463 | 124 | 71 |
| 2023 | #1,554 | 113 | 66.1 |
| 2024 | #1,412 | 131 | 76 |
| 2025 | #1,630 | 104 | 60.9 |
World rankings
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Famous Obadiahs
- Obadiah
grandson of Uzzi, brother of Michael, of the tribe of Issachar (1 Chr. 7:3)
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follower of David (1 Chr. 12:9)
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prince in King Jehoshaphat's day (2 Chr. 17:7)
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Levite overseer of Temple repairers in King Josiah's day (2 Chr. 34:12)
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son of Azel, descendant of King Saul's son Jonathan (1 Chr. 8:38)
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of the House of David (1 Chr. 3:21)
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Levite who dwelt at Jerusalem, son of Shemaiah (1 Chr. 9:16)
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son of Jehiel; returned to Israel with Ezra (Ezra 8:9)
- Obadiah ben Abraham
Italian rabbi and commentator on the Mishnah
- Obadiah German
U.S. Senator from New York
- Obadiah Gardner
U.S. Senator from Maine
- Obadiah Tarumbwa
Zimbabwean footballer
- Obadiah Nelson "Obie" Trotter
American,Hungarian basketball player
- Obadiah ben Abraham of Bartenura
Italian rabbi
- Obadiah the Proselyte
Italian,Jewish convert
- Obadiah Newcomb Bush
American prospector; founder of the Bush dynasty
- Obadiah Parker
stage name of Mat Weddle, American singer,songwriter
- Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno
Italian rabbi
Obadiah in pop culture
- Obadiah Stane
villain in the Iron Man series
- Obadiah Starbuck
protagonist of a series of picture books about the life of a Quaker boy on Nantucket Island
- Obadiah Prim
Quaker guardian of Anne Lovely in Susanna Centlivre's play A Bold Stroke for a Wife (1718)
- Lieutenant Obadiah Lismahago
fantastic Scottish soldier in The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (1771) by Tobias Smollett
- Obadiah Hakeswill
character in the Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell