Oswell — boys' name

What the Data Says About Oswell

The Social Security Administration has registered 84 babies named Oswell between 1894 and 1928, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Oswell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1928. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Oswell performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 42 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Oswell shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Oswell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Oswell 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 84 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.