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Baby name
Oswald
Boy
Origin of the name
Oswald comes from the Old English os, “god,” and weald, “power.”
Rising name
4,407births since 1880
1910sgeneration
No. 552rank at its peak, in 1916
Where babies named Oswald are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Oswald is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Oswald is most common in New York (4.7 times), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
- Oswaldo 5,902
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