Obrian
Jáder Rafael Obrian Arias is a Colombian footballer who plays as a winger for Categoría Primera A club Independiente Santa Fe.
Meaning & Origin of Obrian
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jáder Rafael Obrian Arias is a Colombian footballer who plays as a winger for Categoría Primera A club Independiente Santa Fe.
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The Story of Obrian
Obrian first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1967, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1987: 29 births, good for #2,057 nationwide. About 37% of every Obrian on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Obrian last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 482 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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About the name Obrian
Obrian is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1967 and has accumulated 482 births in the dataset. Obrian's peak popularity came in 1987 when it ranked #2,057. Use the chart and map above to compare Obrian'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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