Boys' name · since 1917
Osvaldo
Osvaldo has 14,526 recorded births since 1917 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #988 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,404 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 14,526
- born since 1917
- 2000s
- peak decade
Osvaldo currently ranks #1404 among boys' names in America, with 14,526 babies recorded since 1917.
Osvaldo has 14,526 recorded births among boys since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1404 as of the latest data, more common than 90% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2025.
- #988 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,404 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 14,526 born since 1917
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Osvaldo ranks #988 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,404 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 14,526 born since 1917, peaking in the 2000s.
- #988 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,404 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 14,526
- born since 1917
- 2000s
- peak decade
Osvaldo's 14,526 recorded births place it above 97.82% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
32 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Osvaldo compares
14,526 Top 8% higher than 92% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Osvaldo's all-time total is 39x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Osvaldo | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 14,526 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 634 | 34 | 22,252 |
Osvaldo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Osvaldo's full recorded timeline at 1984, 84% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 16% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1917, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2004 peak of 634 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Osvaldo popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 634
- Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
Osvaldo popularity over time - girls
12 total births recorded since 1994 (Osvaldo as girls' name)
Osvaldo by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (5,042 births, 35% of the file).
2000s was Osvaldo's strongest decade.
5,042 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Osvaldo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1930s 13
1930s
13 births
- 1940s 37
1940s
37 births
- 1950s 219
1950s
219 births
- 1960s 491
1960s
491 births
- 1970s 1,068
1970s
1,068 births
- 1980s 1,362
1980s
1,362 births
- 1990s
1990s
3,296 births
- 2000s
2000s
5,042 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,212 births
- 2020s 781
2020s
781 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 5,042 births (35% of all-time use).
How Osvaldo compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Osvaldo's total volume
Osvaldo by state
Where Osvaldo concentrates geographically, total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 4,832 | 33.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 3,083 | 21.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 1,018 | 7.0% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 973 | 6.7% |
| #5 | Florida | | 645 | 4.4% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 352 | 2.4% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 276 | 1.9% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 226 | 1.6% |
4,832 of 14,526 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 32 reporting states.
Osvaldo appears in 32 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Osvaldo's data
- Osvaldo's decade-level peak was the 2000s (5,042 total births); usage has since declined to 781 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Osvaldos (4,832 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Osvaldo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~108 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1917–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Osvaldo draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.