boy's name

Obrian

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 512

Obrian is a boy's name with 3 syllables. In 2022 it was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1987, when 29 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1967.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Obrian over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2022, not a full ten years.

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'60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Obrian by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 11
1970s 11
1980s 176
1990s 106
2000s 84
2010s 74
2020s (to 2022) 20

How popular is Obrian?

In 2022, Obrian was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Obrian is used

France as O'Brian #3,143 10 in 2000
United States #9,551 8 in 2022

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Obrian is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
O'Brian O'Brian is Obrian written with an apostrophe, recorded mostly in France. 25

Names that peaked alongside Obrian

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Obrian also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Obrian over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Obrian

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Obrian — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Obrian

How popular is the name Obrian?

In 2022, Obrian was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Obrian a girl's or a boy's name?

Obrian is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Obrian?

Obrian has 3 syllables.

When was Obrian most popular?

Obrian peaked in 1987, when 29 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.