Osvaldo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- os-VAHL-doh
- Origin
- Old English
- US rank, 2025
- #1,401 for boys
Osvaldo is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “divine power”. In 2025 it ranked 1,401st for boys in the US (130 babies).
What does Osvaldo mean?
Old English: Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Oswald
“divine power”
A form of Oswald, from Old English os, 'god', and weald, 'power'.
Is Osvaldo a girl's or a boy's name?
Osvaldo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 130 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Osvaldo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,401st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 130 about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 130 boys in the US were named Osvaldo, making it the 1,401st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,408th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 634 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the boys named Osvaldo in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Osvaldo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 130 | #1,401 |
| 2024 | 148 | #1,314 |
| 2023 | 151 | #1,271 |
| 2022 | 112 | #1,574 |
| 2021 | 117 | #1,514 |
| 2020 | 123 | #1,408 |
| 2019 | 130 | #1,372 |
| 2018 | 141 | #1,294 |
| 2017 | 154 | #1,202 |
| 2016 | 187 | #1,055 |
| 2015 | 208 | #991 |
| 2014 | 209 | #991 |
| 2013 | 208 | #962 |
| 2012 | 302 | #757 |
| 2011 | 356 | #665 |
| 2010 | 317 | #724 |
| 2009 | 352 | #689 |
| 2008 | 423 | #594 |
| 2007 | 551 | #485 |
| 2006 | 529 | #491 |
| 2005 | 522 | #481 |
| 2004 | 634 | #410 |
| 2003 | 546 | #461 |
| 2002 | 595 | #418 |
| 2001 | 491 | #481 |
| 2000 | 399 | #540 |
| 1999 | 375 | #542 |
| 1998 | 406 | #514 |
| 1997 | 391 | #516 |
| 1996 | 420 | #497 |
| 1995 | 300 | #594 |
| 1994 | 352 | #548 |
| 1993 | 318 | #573 |
| 1992 | 251 | #652 |
| 1991 | 231 | #662 |
| 1990 | 252 | #634 |
| 1989 | 183 | #726 |
| 1988 | 130 | #831 |
| 1987 | 126 | #828 |
| 1986 | 125 | #807 |
| 1985 | 139 | #755 |
| 1984 | 120 | #796 |
| 1983 | 146 | #709 |
| 1982 | 140 | #741 |
| 1981 | 126 | #775 |
| 1980 | 127 | #777 |
| 1979 | 121 | #785 |
| 1978 | 110 | #813 |
| 1977 | 126 | #760 |
| 1976 | 127 | #739 |
| 1975 | 136 | #711 |
| 1974 | 100 | #802 |
| 1973 | 96 | #804 |
| 1972 | 95 | #822 |
| 1971 | 92 | #848 |
| 1970 | 65 | #1,005 |
| 1969 | 51 | #1,086 |
| 1968 | 58 | #958 |
| 1967 | 60 | #931 |
| 1966 | 47 | #1,073 |
| 1965 | 40 | #1,206 |
| 1964 | 38 | #1,262 |
| 1963 | 58 | #993 |
| 1962 | 45 | #1,146 |
| 1961 | 63 | #966 |
| 1960 | 31 | #1,433 |
| 1959 | 29 | #1,466 |
| 1958 | 35 | #1,304 |
| 1957 | 29 | #1,456 |
| 1956 | 30 | #1,417 |
| 1955 | 20 | #1,724 |
| 1954 | 19 | #1,761 |
| 1953 | 23 | #1,591 |
| 1952 | 19 | #1,748 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,493 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 9 | #2,607 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 8 | #2,863 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
Nicknames for Osvaldo
- Ozzie 46 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Osvaldo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eduardo, Rodrigo, Diego, Marco, Pablo, Marcelo, Alvaro, Santiago, Pedro, Luis, Josue, Miguel
More Old English names
Alfie, Edward, Teddy, Waylon, Alfred, Audrey, Edith, Wilfred, Ozzy, Edie, Eddie, Edwin, Ted, Teddie, Edgar, Alden
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Osvaldo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/osvaldo, updated 20 October 2026.