Oswald
#2,145 for boys in 2025, 67 births
- Peak · boys
- 1886 · 16 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,407since 1880
Oswald over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Oswald has never cracked the top 400 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,145 | 67 |
| 2024 | #2,120 | 70 |
| 2023 | #2,188 | 65 |
| 2022 | #2,493 | 55 |
| 2021 | #2,464 | 54 |
| 2020 | #2,980 | 39 |
| 2019 | #2,897 | 42 |
| 2018 | #2,893 | 41 |
| 2017 | #3,071 | 38 |
| 2016 | #3,161 | 36 |
| 2015 | #3,982 | 26 |
| 2014 | #3,787 | 27 |
| 2013 | #4,804 | 19 |
| 2012 | #6,001 | 14 |
| 2011 | #4,983 | 18 |
| 2010 | #4,517 | 21 |
| 2009 | #4,922 | 19 |
| 2008 | #6,070 | 14 |
| 2007 | #4,640 | 20 |
| 2006 | #4,865 | 18 |
| 2005 | #4,824 | 17 |
| 2004 | #3,636 | 25 |
| 2003 | #3,732 | 23 |
| 2002 | #7,055 | 9 |
| 2001 | #3,512 | 24 |
| 2000 | #3,922 | 20 |
| 1999 | #3,986 | 18 |
| 1998 | #4,197 | 16 |
| 1997 | #3,738 | 18 |
| 1996 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | #3,854 | 16 |
| 1994 | #3,751 | 17 |
| 1993 | #2,943 | 23 |
| 1992 | #3,338 | 19 |
| 1991 | #2,915 | 22 |
| 1990 | #2,695 | 24 |
| 1989 | #2,784 | 22 |
| 1988 | #2,961 | 18 |
| 1987 | #3,201 | 15 |
| 1986 | #2,601 | 20 |
| 1985 | #2,427 | 21 |
| 1984 | #1,796 | 31 |
| 1983 | #2,085 | 25 |
| 1982 | #2,269 | 22 |
| 1981 | #2,680 | 17 |
| 1980 | #2,536 | 19 |
| 1979 | #3,018 | 14 |
| 1978 | #2,134 | 22 |
| 1977 | #2,556 | 17 |
| 1976 | #2,601 | 16 |
| 1975 | #2,540 | 16 |
| 1974 | #1,546 | 32 |
| 1973 | #2,124 | 19 |
| 1972 | #2,020 | 20 |
| 1971 | #1,668 | 28 |
| 1970 | #1,658 | 27 |
| 1969 | #1,767 | 22 |
| 1968 | #1,836 | 19 |
| 1967 | #2,470 | 11 |
| 1966 | #1,613 | 23 |
| 1965 | #1,806 | 19 |
| 1964 | #1,900 | 18 |
| 1963 | #1,628 | 24 |
| 1962 | #1,479 | 28 |
| 1961 | #1,521 | 28 |
| 1960 | #1,581 | 26 |
| 1959 | #1,620 | 24 |
| 1958 | #1,420 | 30 |
| 1957 | #1,887 | 18 |
| 1956 | #1,480 | 28 |
| 1955 | #1,725 | 20 |
| 1954 | #1,186 | 40 |
| 1953 | #1,231 | 37 |
| 1952 | #1,517 | 25 |
| 1951 | #1,373 | 29 |
| 1950 | #1,464 | 25 |
| 1949 | #1,434 | 26 |
| 1948 | #1,296 | 31 |
| 1947 | #1,482 | 25 |
| 1946 | #1,692 | 18 |
| 1945 | #1,039 | 38 |
| 1944 | #1,483 | 21 |
| 1943 | #1,764 | 17 |
| 1942 | #1,381 | 25 |
| 1941 | #1,372 | 24 |
| 1940 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1939 | #1,879 | 14 |
| 1938 | #1,364 | 24 |
| 1937 | #1,288 | 27 |
| 1936 | #1,296 | 26 |
| 1935 | #1,148 | 33 |
| 1934 | #1,241 | 29 |
| 1933 | #926 | 46 |
| 1932 | #874 | 53 |
| 1931 | #887 | 52 |
| 1930 | #755 | 71 |
| 1929 | #940 | 51 |
| 1928 | #835 | 62 |
| 1927 | #811 | 67 |
| 1926 | #776 | 70 |
| 1925 | #703 | 84 |
| 1924 | #640 | 100 |
| 1923 | #711 | 83 |
| 1922 | #737 | 80 |
| 1921 | #698 | 86 |
| 1920 | #724 | 80 |
| 1919 | #645 | 90 |
| 1918 | #596 | 105 |
| 1917 | #612 | 94 |
| 1916 | #552 | 107 |
| 1915 | #595 | 92 |
| 1914 | #533 | 86 |
| 1913 | #539 | 64 |
| 1912 | #547 | 54 |
| 1911 | #562 | 29 |
| 1910 | #524 | 29 |
| 1909 | #519 | 25 |
| 1908 | #657 | 16 |
| 1907 | #559 | 19 |
| 1906 | #613 | 15 |
| 1905 | #666 | 13 |
| 1904 | #810 | 9 |
| 1903 | #783 | 9 |
| 1902 | #687 | 11 |
| 1901 | #506 | 15 |
| 1900 | #902 | 9 |
| 1899 | #613 | 11 |
| 1898 | #701 | 10 |
| 1897 | #459 | 18 |
| 1896 | #592 | 13 |
| 1895 | #579 | 13 |
| 1894 | #567 | 13 |
| 1893 | #705 | 9 |
| 1892 | #641 | 11 |
| 1891 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | #566 | 12 |
| 1889 | #549 | 12 |
| 1888 | #609 | 11 |
| 1887 | #679 | 8 |
| 1886 | #451 | 16 |
| 1885 | #936 | 5 |
| 1884 | #520 | 13 |
| 1883 | #597 | 10 |
| 1882 | #576 | 11 |
| 1881 | #781 | 6 |
| 1880 | #640 | 9 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Oswald was already there! It came in at #640, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Oswald is popular in 1923
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- North Dakota#156 · 1 in 852
- Minnesota#288 · 1 in 3,170
- Louisiana#350 · 1 in 2,723
- Texas#559 · 1 in 5,198
- New York#602 · 1 in 18,858
Best ever in a state: #156 in North Dakota, 1923.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #156 | 7 | 1 in 852 |
| Minnesota | #288 | 7 | 1 in 3,170 |
| Louisiana | #350 | 7 | 1 in 2,723 |
| Texas | #559 | 10 | 1 in 5,198 |
| New York | #602 | 5 | 1 in 18,858 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Rising
- 25 spots since 2024 (#2,120 → #2,145)
- 835 spots since 2020 (#2,980 → #2,145)
- 1,837 spots since 2015 (#3,982 → #2,145)
- Biggest jump: 485 spots in 1886 (#936 → #451)
- Biggest drop: 416 spots in 1885 (#520 → #936)
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1886 at #451 (16 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 54 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1880–1933
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,264
- Highest: 1 in 6,264 boys born in 1897 were named Oswald (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 25,494 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #451 in 1886, was only 1 in 6,924 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 17.3% of all boys named Oswald (763) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 101 | #451 (1886) | #634 |
| 1890s | 115 | #459 (1897) | #639 |
| 1900s | 141 | #506 (1901) | #670 |
| 1910s | 750 | #524 (1910) | #571 |
| 1920s | 763 | #640 (1924) | #758 |
| 1930s | 375 | #755 (1930) | #1,166 |
| 1940s | 243 | #1,039 (1945) | #1,457 |
| 1950s | 276 | #1,186 (1954) | #1,490 |
| 1960s | 218 | #1,479 (1962) | #1,760 |
| 1970s | 211 | #1,546 (1974) | #2,187 |
| 1980s | 210 | #1,796 (1984) | #2,534 |
| 1990s | 183 | #2,695 (1990) | #3,695 |
| 2000s | 189 | #3,512 (2001) | #4,718 |
| 2010s | 282 | #2,893 (2018) | #4,010 |
| 2020s | 350 | #2,120 (2024) | #2,398 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Oswald in 1923
boys
#711
83 births · 1 in 13,206 boys
Top boys' names in 1923
More about 1923
boys
1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 13,206 of them was named Oswald, which outranked 85.5% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).