Oswald
Boy · OZ-wold · Old English
Oswald is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “divine power”. In 2025 it ranked 1,080th for boys in the UK (30 babies) and 2,145th for boys in the US (67 babies).
What does Oswald mean?
Old English
“divine power”
From os, god, and weald, power; Saint Oswald was a 7th-century Christian king of Northumbria killed in battle.
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Is Oswald a girl's or a boy's name?
Oswald is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 boys in the UK and 67 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Oswald in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,080among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 30about 1 in 10,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 119% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 30 boys in the UK were named Oswald, making it the 1,080th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,733rd.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most boys named Oswald of any year since it first appeared, in 2001.
Half of all the boys named Oswald in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,093rd in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Oswald in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #1,080 |
| 2024 | 27 | #1,137 |
| 2023 | 24 | #1,247 |
| 2022 | 20 | #1,404 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 14 | #1,733 |
| 2019 | 14 | #1,756 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 15 | #1,723 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
How popular is Oswald in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,145among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 67about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 66% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 67 boys in the US were named Oswald, making it the 2,145th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,979th. Its busiest year was 1916, with 107 boys.
Half of all the boys named Oswald in the US since 1880 were born between 1919 and 1984, the years shaded on the chart below.
Oswald in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67 | #2,145 |
| 2024 | 70 | #2,120 |
| 2023 | 65 | #2,187 |
| 2022 | 55 | #2,492 |
| 2021 | 54 | #2,463 |
| 2020 | 39 | #2,979 |
| 2019 | 42 | #2,896 |
| 2018 | 41 | #2,892 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,070 |
| 2016 | 36 | #3,160 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 27 | #3,784 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 25 | #3,632 |
| 2003 | 23 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 24 | #3,507 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,733 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,937 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,331 |
| 1991 | 22 | #2,909 |
| 1990 | 24 | #2,689 |
| 1989 | 22 | #2,778 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 15 | #3,197 |
| 1986 | 20 | #2,598 |
| 1985 | 21 | #2,426 |
| 1984 | 31 | #1,795 |
| 1983 | 25 | #2,084 |
| 1982 | 22 | #2,268 |
| 1981 | 17 | #2,678 |
| 1980 | 19 | #2,535 |
| 1979 | 14 | #3,017 |
| 1978 | 22 | #2,134 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,555 |
| 1976 | 16 | #2,600 |
| 1975 | 16 | #2,538 |
| 1974 | 32 | #1,546 |
| 1973 | 19 | #2,122 |
| 1972 | 20 | #2,020 |
| 1971 | 28 | #1,667 |
| 1970 | 27 | #1,657 |
| 1969 | 22 | #1,766 |
| 1968 | 19 | #1,835 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,469 |
| 1966 | 23 | #1,612 |
| 1965 | 19 | #1,805 |
| 1964 | 18 | #1,899 |
| 1963 | 24 | #1,627 |
| 1962 | 28 | #1,478 |
| 1961 | 28 | #1,520 |
| 1960 | 26 | #1,580 |
| 1959 | 24 | #1,619 |
| 1958 | 30 | #1,419 |
| 1957 | 18 | #1,886 |
| 1956 | 28 | #1,479 |
| 1955 | 20 | #1,724 |
| 1954 | 40 | #1,185 |
| 1953 | 37 | #1,230 |
| 1952 | 25 | #1,516 |
| 1951 | 29 | #1,372 |
| 1950 | 25 | #1,463 |
| 1949 | 26 | #1,433 |
| 1948 | 31 | #1,295 |
| 1947 | 25 | #1,481 |
| 1946 | 18 | #1,691 |
| 1945 | 38 | #1,038 |
| 1944 | 21 | #1,482 |
| 1943 | 17 | #1,763 |
| 1942 | 25 | #1,381 |
| 1941 | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,627 |
| 1939 | 14 | #1,879 |
| 1938 | 24 | #1,364 |
| 1937 | 27 | #1,288 |
| 1936 | 26 | #1,296 |
| 1935 | 33 | #1,148 |
| 1934 | 29 | #1,241 |
| 1933 | 46 | #926 |
| 1932 | 53 | #874 |
| 1931 | 52 | #887 |
| 1930 | 71 | #755 |
| 1929 | 51 | #940 |
| 1928 | 62 | #835 |
| 1927 | 67 | #811 |
| 1926 | 70 | #776 |
| 1925 | 84 | #703 |
| 1924 | 100 | #640 |
| 1923 | 83 | #711 |
| 1922 | 80 | #737 |
| 1921 | 86 | #698 |
| 1920 | 80 | #724 |
| 1919 | 90 | #645 |
| 1918 | 105 | #596 |
| 1917 | 94 | #612 |
| 1916 | 107 | #552 |
| 1915 | 92 | #595 |
| 1914 | 86 | #533 |
| 1913 | 64 | #539 |
| 1912 | 54 | #547 |
| 1911 | 29 | #562 |
| 1910 | 29 | #524 |
| 1909 | 25 | #519 |
| 1908 | 16 | #657 |
| 1907 | 19 | #559 |
| 1906 | 15 | #613 |
| 1905 | 13 | #666 |
| 1904 | 9 | #810 |
| 1903 | 9 | #783 |
| 1902 | 11 | #686 |
| 1901 | 15 | #506 |
| 1900 | 9 | #901 |
| 1899 | 11 | #613 |
| 1898 | 10 | #700 |
| 1897 | 18 | #459 |
| 1896 | 13 | #592 |
| 1895 | 13 | #579 |
| 1894 | 13 | #567 |
| 1893 | 9 | #705 |
| 1892 | 11 | #640 |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
| 1890 | 12 | #566 |
| 1889 | 12 | #549 |
| 1888 | 11 | #609 |
| 1887 | 8 | #679 |
| 1886 | 16 | #451 |
| 1885 | 5 | #935 |
| 1884 | 13 | #520 |
| 1883 | 10 | #597 |
| 1882 | 11 | #576 |
| 1881 | 6 | #780 |
| 1880 | 9 | #640 |
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