# Osvaldo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/osvaldo/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 14,538 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 14,526 / 12 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 5 | 15,096 |
| 1999 | 7 | 12,324 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 356 | 667 |
| 2012 | 302 | 759 |
| 2013 | 208 | 965 |
| 2014 | 209 | 993 |
| 2015 | 208 | 992 |
| 2016 | 187 | 1,061 |
| 2017 | 154 | 1,204 |
| 2018 | 141 | 1,297 |
| 2019 | 130 | 1,379 |
| 2020 | 123 | 1,408 |
| 2021 | 117 | 1,524 |
| 2022 | 112 | 1,585 |
| 2023 | 151 | 1,280 |
| 2024 | 148 | 1,316 |
| 2025 | 130 | 1,408 |

## People named Osvaldo

- Osvaldo Ardiles, Argentine association football player and manager
- Osvaldo Moles, Brazilian journalist, radio announcer and lyricist
- Osvaldo Escudero, Argentine association football player
- Osvaldo Pugliese, Argentine pianist and tango composer (1905–1995)
- Osvaldo José Martins Júnior, Brazilian association football player
- Osvaldo Héctor Cruz, Argentine association football player (1931–2023)
- Osvaldo Golijov, Argentine composer of classical music
- Osvaldo Lourenço Filho, Brazilian footballer
- Osvaldo Sáez, Chilean footballer (1923-1959)
- Osvaldo Aranha, Brazilian politician (1894-1960) – Brazilian lawyer, diplomat and politician, 16th Governo
- Osvaldo Castro, Chilean footballer
- Osvaldo Velloso de Barros, Brazilian footballer (1908-1996)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.