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Osvaldo

The name Osvaldo carries the meaning "Spanish/Italian form of Oswald", with roots in Spanish. It has been climbing steadily, peaking most recently in the 2000s. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. Few names stick around this long: it shows up across almost the entire twelve-decade span this registry covers.

SpanishSpanish/Italian form of Oswald
Old EnglishOld English "os" (god) + "weald" (power)
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
5
1920s
0
1930s
13
1940s
37
1950s
217
1960s
489
1970s
1,067
1980s
1,361
1990s
3,307
2000s
5,042
2010s
1,938
Peaked in the 2000s · 13,476 total U.S. births since 1900