Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Oswell

#16,574 most common boys' name of all time · #43,322 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1894–1928

Rank among boys
#16,574
Rank overall
#43,322 of 105,966
First appeared
1894
Years on the list
12 of 146
All-time
84
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1917 #2,623
Best rank
#1,237 1894
Girls Boys peak 10/yr
19001920

Oswell first appears in 1894. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1928 — 7 7 #3,425
1926 — 7 7 #3,436
1925 — 5 5 #4,301
1924 — 7 7 #3,583
1921 — 6 6 #3,945
1920 — 5 5 #4,385
1918 — 8 8 #3,158
1917 — 10 10 #2,623
1916 — 7 7 #3,245
1915 — 8 8 #2,884
1914 — 9 9 #2,341
1894 — 5 5 #1,237