Osvaldo — #1313 US boys' name
14,394 babies named Osvaldo in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 91% of names given to boys today.
35% of everyone ever named Osvaldo was born in this single decade.
634 babies were named Osvaldo in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Osvaldo
The Social Security Administration has registered 14,394 babies named Osvaldo between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Osvaldo currently holds the #1313 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 634 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Osvaldo performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 5,042 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Osvaldo shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 4,801 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Osvaldo in 32 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Osvaldo in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 14,394 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Osvaldo at a glance
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Current rank
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Osvaldo popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1917
- Peak year (2004)
- 634
- Annual births at peak — across 108 years of records
Currently ranks #1313 among boys.
14,394 total births across 108 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 634 births in a single year.
Osvaldo popularity over time — girls
12 total births recorded since 1994 (Osvaldo as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Osvaldo accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Osvaldo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 5,042 births that decade — 35% of Osvaldo's all-time total
Osvaldo decade highlights
- Peak decade 5,042 births
- Runner-up 3,296 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Osvaldo's strongest decade
5,042 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Osvaldo by state
Where Osvaldo concentrates geographically — total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 4,801 | 33.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 3,057 | 21.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 1,018 | 7.1% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 965 | 6.7% |
| #5 | Florida | | 639 | 4.4% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 346 | 2.4% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 276 | 1.9% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 219 | 1.5% |
4,801 of 14,394 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 32 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 33.4% of nationwide
- Texas 21.2% of nationwide
- New York 7.1% of nationwide
- Illinois 6.7% of nationwide
- Florida 4.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 32 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 33.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Osvaldo appears in 32 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1917–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.