Oswald — #2113 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Oswald

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,339 babies named Oswald between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Oswald currently holds the #2113 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 107 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Oswald performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 763 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Oswald shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 393 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Oswald in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Oswald 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 4,339 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.