Watson
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #1,008 for boys in 2025, 224 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 21 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,699since 1880
Watson over time
Rank among boys' names. Watson has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 | #1,008 | 224 |
| 2024 | — | #866 | 279 | |
| 2023 | — | #804 | 306 | |
| 2022 | — | #729 | 356 | |
| 2021 | — | #597 | 466 | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #603 | 454 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #694 | 362 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #713 | 340 |
| 2017 | — | #1,020 | 198 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,433 | 121 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,406 | 122 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,657 | 93 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,139 | 62 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,799 | 82 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,748 | 43 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,128 | 36 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,102 | 18 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,145 | 24 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,243 | 23 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,782 | 26 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,091 | 33 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,636 | 25 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,276 | 19 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,044 | 20 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,302 | 18 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,297 | 13 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,182 | 25 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,708 | 19 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,059 | 16 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,187 | 11 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,280 | 14 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,751 | 17 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,227 | 14 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,114 | 14 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,942 | 8 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,467 | 17 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,271 | 12 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,523 | 14 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,521 | 13 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,131 | 15 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,070 | 15 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,270 | 13 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,230 | 13 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,709 | 17 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,601 | 11 | |
| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,403 | 8 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,059 | 6 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,606 | 10 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,418 | 7 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,428 | 10 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,799 | 13 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,606 | 14 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,534 | 14 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,370 | 9 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,509 | 14 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,682 | 11 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,311 | 13 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,231 | 7 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,465 | 11 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,476 | 11 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,850 | 19 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,695 | 22 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,364 | 12 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,521 | 28 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,812 | 20 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,916 | 18 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,953 | 17 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,634 | 24 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,511 | 27 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,370 | 31 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,525 | 25 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,261 | 35 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,615 | 22 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,430 | 27 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,499 | 24 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,297 | 31 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,231 | 34 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,213 | 36 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,217 | 33 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,139 | 33 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,370 | 24 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,170 | 34 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,358 | 26 | |
| 1941 | — | #951 | 45 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,050 | 38 | |
| 1939 | — | #992 | 41 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,009 | 40 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,212 | 30 | |
| 1936 | — | #949 | 42 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,148 | 33 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,323 | 26 | |
| 1933 | — | #926 | 46 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,157 | 34 | |
| 1931 | — | #974 | 46 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,151 | 37 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,173 | 35 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,382 | 28 | |
| 1927 | — | #964 | 52 | |
| 1926 | — | #992 | 48 | |
| 1925 | — | #882 | 58 | |
| 1924 | — | #865 | 63 | |
| 1923 | — | #896 | 58 | |
| 1922 | — | #830 | 67 | |
| 1921 | — | #804 | 71 | |
| 1920 | — | #911 | 57 | |
| 1919 | — | #783 | 68 | |
| 1918 | — | #684 | 83 | |
| 1917 | — | #804 | 61 | |
| 1916 | — | #685 | 75 | |
| 1915 | — | #681 | 72 | |
| 1914 | — | #658 | 59 | |
| 1913 | — | #696 | 43 | |
| 1912 | — | #713 | 36 | |
| 1911 | — | #689 | 21 | |
| 1910 | — | #569 | 25 | |
| 1909 | — | #840 | 12 | |
| 1908 | — | #657 | 16 | |
| 1907 | — | #930 | 9 | |
| 1906 | — | #674 | 13 | |
| 1905 | — | #699 | 12 | |
| 1904 | — | #647 | 13 | |
| 1903 | — | #910 | 7 | |
| 1902 | — | #583 | 14 | |
| 1901 | — | #536 | 14 | |
| 1900 | — | #699 | 13 | |
| 1899 | — | #583 | 12 | |
| 1898 | — | #611 | 13 | |
| 1897 | — | #515 | 15 | |
| 1896 | — | #400 | 24 | |
| 1895 | — | #609 | 12 | |
| 1894 | — | #668 | 10 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #497 | 16 | |
| 1891 | — | #524 | 12 | |
| 1890 | — | #566 | 12 | |
| 1889 | — | #722 | 8 | |
| 1888 | — | #648 | 10 | |
| 1887 | — | #679 | 8 | |
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | #570 | 11 | |
| 1883 | — | #479 | 14 | |
| 1882 | — | #389 | 21 | |
| 1881 | — | #563 | 10 | |
| 1880 | — | #526 | 12 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Watson was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1893, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Watson
- 142 spots since 2024 (#866 → #1,008)
- 405 spots since 2020 (#603 → #1,008)
- 398 spots since 2015 (#1,406 → #1,008)
- Biggest jump: 307 spots in 2018 (#1,020 → #713)
- Biggest drop: 418 spots in 1928 (#964 → #1,382)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #389 (21 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1894–1927
- Highest: 1 in 3,754 boys born in 2021 were named Watson (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,625 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #389 in 1882, was only 1 in 5,414 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 31.1% of all boys named Watson (2,085) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 105 | #389 (1882) | #637 |
| 1890s | 126 | #400 (1896) | #553 |
| 1900s | 123 | #536 (1901) | #718 |
| 1910s | 543 | #569 (1910) | #696 |
| 1920s | 537 | #804 (1921) | #970 |
| 1930s | 375 | #926 (1933) | #1,084 |
| 1940s | 334 | #951 (1941) | #1,200 |
| 1950s | 250 | #1,261 (1953) | #1,571 |
| 1960s | 154 | #1,521 (1961) | #2,241 |
| 1970s | 105 | #2,509 (1970) | #3,473 |
| 1980s | 129 | #2,709 (1982) | #3,585 |
| 1990s | 155 | #3,182 (1999) | #4,192 |
| 2000s | 219 | #3,091 (2005) | #4,192 |
| 2010s | 1,459 | #694 (2019) | #1,674 |
| 2020s | 2,085 | #597 (2021) | #768 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Watson in 2019
Top girls' names in 2019
Top boys' names in 2019
More about 2019
girls
1,678,366 girls got a published name in 2019; 1 in 335,673 of them was named Watson, which outranked 13.8% of the 18,024 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 2,485 names at #15,539; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,794,216 boys got a published name in 2019; 1 in 4,956 of them was named Watson, which outranked 95.1% of the 14,133 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).