Oswaldo

#2,991 for boys in 2025, 41 births

Peak · boys
2006 · 461 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,902
since 1915

Oswaldo over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Oswaldo has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202014peak #549, 2006boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#2,99141
2024#2,91543
2023#2,84844
2022#2,83045
2021#2,52352
2020#2,50551
2019#3,10338
2018#2,44553
2017#2,59748
2016#2,30557
2015#2,14564
2014#1,79483
2013#1,98969
2012#1,71188
2011#1,61195
2010#1,390120
2009#1,078172
2008#963208
2007#758290
2006#549461
2005#673312
2004#713269
2003#745240
2002#886184
2001#845191
2000#1,107127
1999#1,028135
1998#1,127113
1997#1,151107
1996#1,079112
1995#1,23988
1994#1,25486
1993#1,16392
1992#1,34071
1991#1,21084
1990#1,13590
1989#1,17382
1988#1,37357
1987#1,43950
1986#1,24260
1985#1,52443
1984#1,55639
1983#1,27552
1982#1,21758
1981#1,57738
1980#1,20458
1979#1,59836
1978#1,21454
1977#1,26849
1976#1,16354
1975#1,18151
1974#1,22946
1973#1,32939
1972#1,12053
1971#1,12753
1970#1,74325
1969#1,49229
1968#1,57425
1967#1,71121
1966#1,61323
1965#1,72021
1964#1,72921
1963#1,79220
1962#1,54626
1961#1,52128
1960#1,81220
1959#1,80620
1958#1,67722
1957#2,09315
1956#1,72221
1955#2,13914
1954#1,66821
1953#1,95816
1952#2,25112
1951#2,49510
1950#3,6815
1949#3,0197
1948#3,0107
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1922#3,8726
1921#3,5177
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five boys were named Oswaldo! It came in at #2,829, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1916–1920, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Oswaldo is popular in 2014

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedMINew York: #1,811 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 20,547 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #861 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 8,260 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedHITexas: #1,109 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 10,973 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Oswaldo, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#861 · 1 in 8,260
  2. Texas#1,109 · 1 in 10,973
  3. New York#1,811 · 1 in 20,547

Best ever in a state: #256 in California, 2006.

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Texas#1,109171 in 10,973
New York#1,81151 in 20,547
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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.

See more about Oswaldo
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 76 spots since 2024 (#2,915 → #2,991)
  • 486 spots since 2020 (#2,505 → #2,991)
  • 846 spots since 2015 (#2,145 → #2,991)
  • Biggest jump: 262 spots in 2001 (#1,107 → #845)
  • Biggest drop: 209 spots in 2007 (#549 → #758)
Rise & fade · boys
91 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 2006 at #549 (461 births)
  • Births halved by 2008, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 2001–2008
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,458
  • Highest: 1 in 4,458 boys born in 2006 were named Oswaldo (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 41,660 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 41.6% of all boys named Oswaldo (2,454) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s13#2,829 (1915)#3,504
1920s25#3,505 (1924)#3,774
1930s25#2,781 (1930)#3,263
1940s29#2,333 (1941)#2,972
1950s156#1,668 (1954)#2,149
1960s234#1,492 (1969)#1,651
1970s460#1,120 (1972)#1,297
1980s537#1,173 (1989)#1,358
1990s978#1,028 (1999)#1,173
2000s2,454#549 (2006)#832
2010s715#1,390 (2010)#2,109
2020s276#2,505 (2020)#2,769

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.

Oswaldo in 2014

boys
#1,794
83 births · 1 in 23,143 boys

Top boys' names in 2014

  1. #1Noah19,344
  2. #2Liam18,488
  3. #3Mason17,225
  4. #4Jacob16,923
  5. #5William16,851
  6. #6Ethan15,749
  7. #7Michael15,505
  8. #8Alexander15,449
  9. #9James14,464
  10. #10Daniel13,961
  11. #1,794Oswaldo83
More about 2014

boys

1,920,871 boys got a published name in 2014; 1 in 23,143 of them was named Oswaldo, which outranked 87.3% of the 14,081 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Oswaldo
  1. #1,781Ocean84
  2. #1,781Zac84
  3. #1,781Zakai84
  4. #1,794Oswaldo83
  5. #1,794Amere83
  6. #1,794Ayman83
  7. #1,794Bradlee83
  8. #1,812Amauri82
  9. #1,812Arya82
  10. #1,812Blayne82

Tied with 17 names at #1,794; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2013
Risers
  1. ↑ 645Bode#1,427 → #782
  2. ↑ 624Axl#1,459 → #835
  3. ↑ 427Gannon#841 → #414
  4. ↑ 326Bodie#1,305 → #979
  5. ↑ 316Royal#886 → #570
Fallers
  1. ↓ 291Bently#897 → #1,188
  2. ↓ 261Damion#849 → #1,110
  3. ↓ 249Amare#598 → #847
  4. ↓ 241Isiah#816 → #1,057
  5. ↓ 241Jesiah#999 → #1,240

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2014 →