Oswald is a distinctive choice, ranked #1076 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Oswald in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1076
About the Name Oswald
Oswald has never been more popular than it is right now, sitting at UK #1076. The name has climbed 559 places in the last five years β a significant surge by any measure. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 2002.
Oswald is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school β standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Oswald
Unlikely. With around 27 UK babies named Oswald per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Oswald in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Oswald is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 559 places over the last five years to #1076 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Oswald is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Oswald include: Alice Oswald β Alice Priscilla Lyle Oswald is a British poet from Reading, Berkshire.; Philipp Oswald β Philipp Oswald is an Austrian former professional tennis player who primarily played doubles events on the ATP Tour.; John H. Oswald β John Hony Oswald was a 19th-century Scottish marine and landscape artist..
Oswald does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice β your child is unlikely to encounter American Oswalds in the wild.
27
UK babies named Oswald (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 559 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Oswald
Likely around 1 other Oswald in the class
UK Popularity (2002–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
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Philipp Oswald is an Austrian former professional tennis player who primarily played doubles events on the ATP Tour. On 7 December 2009, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No.
Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet, was a British politician who rose to fame during the 1920s and 1930s when, disillusioned with mainstream politics, he turned to fascism. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Harrow from 1918 to 1924 and for Smethwick from 1926 to 1931.
Oswald Arnold Gottfried Spengler was a German polymath whose areas of interest included history, philosophy, mathematics, science, and art, as well as their relation to his organic theory of history. He is best known for his two-volume work The Decline of the West (Der Untergang des Abendlandes), published in 1918 and 1922, covering human history.
Oswald (Old English pronunciation: [ΛoΛzwΙΙ«d]; c. 604 β 5 August 641/642) was King of Northumbria from 634 until his death, and is venerated as a saint, of whom there was a particular cult in the Middle Ages.
Oswald Dair Peraza is a Venezuelan professional baseball infielder for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the New York Yankees.
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