Meaning not yet researched.
Oswald: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 67 in 2025. Its best rank was #465 in 1886.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #465 in 1886; #2,161 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Oswald in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,161 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1886, at #465.
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Oswald: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 67 boys in 2025. Peak: #465 in 1886 · most boys in one year: 107 (1916).
In 2025, 67 US boys were named Oswald, making it the 2,161st most common boys’ name of the year, down 33 places from #2,128 in 2024. That is 3 fewer than the 70 boys named Oswald in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #465, reached in 1886. The most boys given the name in a single year was 107, in 1916. For comparison, it was #4,048 in 2015 and #1,490 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Oswald in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 9 babies with the name. In all, 4,407 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 763 babies named Oswald.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 507 US boys were named Oswald; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 70. In 2025 that was about 1 in 25,494 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Oswald ranked highest in Arizona in 2025, at #911 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Osvaldo (14,538 babies since 1880) and Oswaldo (5,902 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Ozwald are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Ossy, Ozzy and Waldo.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Ozwald (28).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 47 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 6 | #911 | — |
| Ohio | 6 | #1,220 | — |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,435 | — |
| California | 6 | #2,393 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 67 | #2,161 |
| 2024 | — | — | 70 | #2,128 |
| 2023 | — | — | 65 | #2,212 |
| 2022 | — | — | 55 | #2,507 |
| 2021 | — | — | 54 | #2,485 |
| 2020 | — | — | 39 | #3,015 |
| 2019 | — | — | 42 | #2,927 |
| 2018 | — | — | 41 | #2,927 |
| 2017 | — | — | 38 | #3,108 |
| 2016 | — | — | 36 | #3,205 |
| 2015 | — | — | 26 | #4,048 |
| 2014 | — | — | 27 | #3,865 |
| 2013 | — | — | 19 | #4,922 |
| 2012 | — | — | 14 | #6,220 |
| 2011 | — | — | 18 | #5,138 |
| 2010 | — | — | 21 | #4,639 |
| 2009 | — | — | 19 | #5,055 |
| 2008 | — | — | 14 | #6,317 |
| 2007 | — | — | 20 | #4,756 |
| 2006 | — | — | 18 | #5,010 |
| 2005 | — | — | 17 | #4,973 |
| 2004 | — | — | 25 | #3,717 |
| 2003 | — | — | 23 | #3,816 |
| 2002 | — | — | 9 | #7,472 |
| 2001 | — | — | 24 | #3,592 |
| 2000 | — | — | 20 | #4,027 |
| 1999 | — | — | 18 | #4,111 |
| 1998 | — | — | 16 | #4,357 |
| 1997 | — | — | 18 | #3,843 |
| 1996 | — | — | 10 | #5,860 |
| 1995 | — | — | 16 | #3,999 |
| 1994 | — | — | 17 | #3,859 |
| 1993 | — | — | 23 | #3,006 |
| 1992 | — | — | 19 | #3,422 |
| 1991 | — | — | 22 | #2,965 |
| 1990 | — | — | 24 | #2,754 |
| 1989 | — | — | 22 | #2,863 |
| 1988 | — | — | 18 | #3,045 |
| 1987 | — | — | 15 | #3,299 |
| 1986 | — | — | 20 | #2,664 |
| 1985 | — | — | 21 | #2,482 |
| 1984 | — | — | 31 | #1,827 |
| 1983 | — | — | 25 | #2,129 |
| 1982 | — | — | 22 | #2,321 |
| 1981 | — | — | 17 | #2,751 |
| 1980 | — | — | 19 | #2,593 |
| 1979 | — | — | 14 | #3,120 |
| 1978 | — | — | 22 | #2,185 |
| 1977 | — | — | 17 | #2,629 |
| 1976 | — | — | 16 | #2,675 |
| 1975 | — | — | 16 | #2,609 |
| 1974 | — | — | 32 | #1,572 |
| 1973 | — | — | 19 | #2,189 |
| 1972 | — | — | 20 | #2,060 |
| 1971 | — | — | 28 | #1,699 |
| 1970 | — | — | 27 | #1,689 |
| 1969 | — | — | 22 | #1,794 |
| 1968 | — | — | 19 | #1,881 |
| 1967 | — | — | 11 | #2,576 |
| 1966 | — | — | 23 | #1,642 |
| 1965 | — | — | 19 | #1,842 |
| 1964 | — | — | 18 | #1,958 |
| 1963 | — | — | 24 | #1,649 |
| 1962 | — | — | 28 | #1,508 |
| 1961 | — | — | 28 | #1,542 |
| 1960 | — | — | 26 | #1,610 |
| 1959 | — | — | 24 | #1,656 |
| 1958 | — | — | 30 | #1,442 |
| 1957 | — | — | 18 | #1,934 |
| 1956 | — | — | 28 | #1,503 |
| 1955 | — | — | 20 | #1,772 |
| 1954 | — | — | 40 | #1,195 |
| 1953 | — | — | 37 | #1,241 |
| 1952 | — | — | 25 | #1,539 |
| 1951 | — | — | 29 | #1,394 |
| 1950 | — | — | 25 | #1,490 |
| 1949 | — | — | 26 | #1,455 |
| 1948 | — | — | 31 | #1,314 |
| 1947 | — | — | 25 | #1,511 |
| 1946 | — | — | 18 | #1,742 |
| 1945 | — | — | 38 | #1,052 |
| 1944 | — | — | 21 | #1,514 |
| 1943 | — | — | 17 | #1,813 |
| 1942 | — | — | 25 | #1,409 |
| 1941 | — | — | 24 | #1,402 |
| 1940 | — | — | 18 | #1,670 |
| 1939 | — | — | 14 | #1,943 |
| 1938 | — | — | 24 | #1,392 |
| 1937 | — | — | 27 | #1,306 |
| 1936 | — | — | 26 | #1,316 |
| 1935 | — | — | 33 | #1,158 |
| 1934 | — | — | 29 | #1,263 |
| 1933 | — | — | 46 | #932 |
| 1932 | — | — | 53 | #883 |
| 1931 | — | — | 52 | #898 |
| 1930 | — | — | 71 | #763 |
| 1929 | — | — | 51 | #950 |
| 1928 | — | — | 62 | #841 |
| 1927 | — | — | 67 | #819 |
| 1926 | — | — | 70 | #782 |
| 1925 | — | — | 84 | #708 |
| 1924 | — | — | 100 | #641 |
| 1923 | — | — | 83 | #716 |
| 1922 | — | — | 80 | #739 |
| 1921 | — | — | 86 | #705 |
| 1920 | — | — | 80 | #729 |
| 1919 | — | — | 90 | #646 |
| 1918 | — | — | 105 | #599 |
| 1917 | — | — | 94 | #615 |
| 1916 | — | — | 107 | #553 |
| 1915 | — | — | 92 | #600 |
| 1914 | — | — | 86 | #534 |
| 1913 | — | — | 64 | #544 |
| 1912 | — | — | 54 | #549 |
| 1911 | — | — | 29 | #569 |
| 1910 | — | — | 29 | #530 |
| 1909 | — | — | 25 | #528 |
| 1908 | — | — | 16 | #678 |
| 1907 | — | — | 19 | #581 |
| 1906 | — | — | 15 | #635 |
| 1905 | — | — | 13 | #692 |
| 1904 | — | — | 9 | #860 |
| 1903 | — | — | 9 | #829 |
| 1902 | — | — | 11 | #724 |
| 1901 | — | — | 15 | #525 |
| 1900 | — | — | 9 | #952 |
| 1899 | — | — | 11 | #649 |
| 1898 | — | — | 10 | #732 |
| 1897 | — | — | 18 | #468 |
| 1896 | — | — | 13 | #626 |
| 1895 | — | — | 13 | #598 |
| 1894 | — | — | 13 | #588 |
| 1893 | — | — | 9 | #748 |
| 1892 | — | — | 11 | #674 |
| 1891 | — | — | 5 | #1,089 |
| 1890 | — | — | 12 | #594 |
| 1889 | — | — | 12 | #575 |
| 1888 | — | — | 11 | #637 |
| 1887 | — | — | 8 | #729 |
| 1886 | — | — | 16 | #465 |
| 1885 | — | — | 5 | #1,061 |
| 1884 | — | — | 13 | #538 |
| 1883 | — | — | 10 | #630 |
| 1882 | — | — | 11 | #599 |
| 1881 | — | — | 6 | #846 |
| 1880 | — | — | 9 | #674 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).