Oswaldo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- os-WAHL-doh
- Origin
- Old English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,990 for boys
Oswaldo is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “divine power”. In 2025 it ranked 2,990th for boys in the US (41 babies).
What does Oswaldo mean?
Old English: Spanish and Portuguese form of Oswald
“divine power”
A form of Oswald; Saint Oswald was a 7th-century Christian king of Northumbria killed in battle.
Is Oswaldo a girl's or a boy's name?
Oswaldo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 41 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Oswaldo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,990th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 41 about 1 in 42,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 41 boys in the US were named Oswaldo, making it the 2,990th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,504th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 461 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Oswaldo than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Oswaldo in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Oswaldo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #2,990 |
| 2024 | 43 | #2,915 |
| 2023 | 44 | #2,847 |
| 2022 | 45 | #2,828 |
| 2021 | 52 | #2,522 |
| 2020 | 51 | #2,504 |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,100 |
| 2018 | 53 | #2,444 |
| 2017 | 48 | #2,596 |
| 2016 | 57 | #2,305 |
| 2015 | 64 | #2,145 |
| 2014 | 83 | #1,794 |
| 2013 | 69 | #1,988 |
| 2012 | 88 | #1,710 |
| 2011 | 95 | #1,611 |
| 2010 | 120 | #1,390 |
| 2009 | 172 | #1,078 |
| 2008 | 208 | #963 |
| 2007 | 290 | #758 |
| 2006 | 461 | #549 |
| 2005 | 312 | #673 |
| 2004 | 269 | #713 |
| 2003 | 240 | #744 |
| 2002 | 184 | #885 |
| 2001 | 191 | #844 |
| 2000 | 127 | #1,105 |
| 1999 | 135 | #1,026 |
| 1998 | 113 | #1,124 |
| 1997 | 107 | #1,148 |
| 1996 | 112 | #1,077 |
| 1995 | 88 | #1,234 |
| 1994 | 86 | #1,250 |
| 1993 | 92 | #1,159 |
| 1992 | 71 | #1,335 |
| 1991 | 84 | #1,204 |
| 1990 | 90 | #1,131 |
| 1989 | 82 | #1,169 |
| 1988 | 57 | #1,369 |
| 1987 | 50 | #1,437 |
| 1986 | 60 | #1,241 |
| 1985 | 43 | #1,523 |
| 1984 | 39 | #1,555 |
| 1983 | 52 | #1,274 |
| 1982 | 58 | #1,216 |
| 1981 | 38 | #1,576 |
| 1980 | 58 | #1,204 |
| 1979 | 36 | #1,598 |
| 1978 | 54 | #1,214 |
| 1977 | 49 | #1,268 |
| 1976 | 54 | #1,163 |
| 1975 | 51 | #1,181 |
| 1974 | 46 | #1,229 |
| 1973 | 39 | #1,329 |
| 1972 | 53 | #1,120 |
| 1971 | 53 | #1,127 |
| 1970 | 25 | #1,742 |
| 1969 | 29 | #1,492 |
| 1968 | 25 | #1,573 |
| 1967 | 21 | #1,710 |
| 1966 | 23 | #1,612 |
| 1965 | 21 | #1,719 |
| 1964 | 21 | #1,728 |
| 1963 | 20 | #1,791 |
| 1962 | 26 | #1,545 |
| 1961 | 28 | #1,520 |
| 1960 | 20 | #1,811 |
| 1959 | 20 | #1,805 |
| 1958 | 22 | #1,676 |
| 1957 | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1956 | 21 | #1,721 |
| 1955 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1954 | 21 | #1,667 |
| 1953 | 16 | #1,957 |
| 1952 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,493 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,333 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 8 | #2,828 |
Nicknames for Oswaldo
- Ozzie 46 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Oswaldo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Osvaldo, Eduardo, Diego, Rodrigo, Marcelo, Marco, Alvaro, Pablo, Santiago, Omari, Pedro, Alessandro
Names related to Oswaldo
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, “Oswaldo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/oswaldo, updated 20 October 2026.