# Oswald (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/oswald/  
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 | Ozzie |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,407 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,407 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 238, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | 5,138 |
| 2012 | 14 | 6,220 |
| 2013 | 19 | 4,922 |
| 2014 | 27 | 3,865 |
| 2015 | 26 | 4,048 |
| 2016 | 36 | 3,205 |
| 2017 | 38 | 3,108 |
| 2018 | 41 | 2,927 |
| 2019 | 42 | 2,927 |
| 2020 | 39 | 3,015 |
| 2021 | 54 | 2,485 |
| 2022 | 55 | 2,507 |
| 2023 | 65 | 2,212 |
| 2024 | 70 | 2,128 |
| 2025 | 67 | 2,161 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,216 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,020 |
| 2016 | 15 | 1,627 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,259 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1,655 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,635 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,125 |
| 2022 | 20 | 1,314 |
| 2023 | 24 | 1,175 |
| 2024 | 27 | 1,076 |
| 2025 | 27 | 1,093 |

## People named Oswald

- Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (1880-1936)
- Oswald Mosley, British aristocrat and fascist politician (1896–1980)
- Oswald Avery, Canadian-born American physician and medical researcher
- Oswald Gracias, Catholic cardinal
- Oswald Achenbach, German artist (1827-1905)
- Oswald Veblen, American mathematician (1880–1960)
- Oswald de Andrade, Brazilian poet, writer (1890–1954)
- Oswald Boelcke, German First World War flying ace (1891–1916)
- Oswald Teichmüller, German mathematician (1913–1943)
- Oswald Mathias Ungers, German architect (1926–2007)
- Oswald of Worcester, Archbishop of York (died 992)
- Oswald Chambers, British missionary (1874-1917)

## 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.