Obaid
Obaid is one romanization of the Arabic name also written Ubaid or Obeid. It is used as a masculine given name and a surname.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Obaid
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Obaid is one romanization of the Arabic name also written Ubaid or Obeid. It is used as a masculine given name and a surname.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Obaid
American parents first put Obaid on the record books as a baby boy name in 1993, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1993, when 5 Obaids were born — ranking #8,700 that year. About 67% of every Obaid on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Obaid last appeared in the published SSA data in 2013, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 15 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Obaid
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About the name Obaid
Obaid is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1993 and has accumulated 15 births in the dataset. Obaid's peak popularity came in 1993 when it ranked #8,700. Use the chart and map above to compare Obaid's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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