Watt

Last seen for boys in 1971 at #4,907

Peak · boys
1882 · 12 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
444
since 1880

Watt over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Watt has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201882peak #540, 1882boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1971#4,9075
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1962#4,0335
1961#4,0655
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1959#3,6196
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1954#2,9428
1953#3,7985
1952#3,3736
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1950#2,7708
1949#3,0197
1948#2,44310
1947#2,8628
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1945#3,3385
1944#2,6338
1943#2,9647
1942#2,5239
1941#2,8727
1940#2,32210
1939#2,8297
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1937#3,5185
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1935#2,7198
1934#3,6795
1933#2,7388
1932#2,31311
1931#3,3906
1930#3,2897
1929#2,09614
1928#2,65910
1927#3,1518
1926#2,18614
1925#2,08915
1924#2,82210
1923#2,77210
1922#2,63011
1921#3,8696
1920#2,13115
1919#2,51111
1918#2,54311
1917#2,7329
1916#2,38911
1915#2,07013
1914#3,2645
1913#2,4966
1912#2,5445
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1910#1,4216
1909#1,2776
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1906#1,2535
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1902#1,1375
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1898#1,1215
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1893#9076
1892#9566
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1885#7657
1884#8486
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1882#54012
1881#6538
1880#7457
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Watt was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Watt is popular in 1882

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Watt
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1971
  • Biggest jump: 113 spots in 1882 (#653 → #540)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #540 (12 births)
  • Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1880–1882
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,474
  • Highest: 1 in 9,474 boys born in 1882 were named Watt (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 353,689 boys born in 1971 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 25.5% of all boys named Watt (113) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s45#540 (1882)#764
1890s17#907 (1893)#995
1900s16#1,137 (1902)#1,222
1910s77#1,421 (1910)#2,441
1920s113#2,089 (1925)#2,641
1930s57#2,313 (1932)#3,059
1940s71#2,322 (1940)#2,775
1950s33#2,770 (1950)#3,300
1960s10#4,033 (1962)#4,049
1970s5#4,907 (1971)#4,907

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.

Watt in 1882

boys
#540
12 births · 1 in 9,474 boys

Top boys' names in 1882

  1. #1John9,557
  2. #2William9,298
  3. #3James5,892
  4. #4George5,193
  5. #5Charles5,091
  6. #6Frank3,176
  7. #7Joseph2,670
  8. #8Thomas2,610
  9. #9Henry2,579
  10. #10Robert2,500
  11. #540Watt12
More about 1882

boys

113,686 boys got a published name in 1882; 1 in 9,474 of them was named Watt, which outranked 50.9% of the 1,099 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Watt
  1. #514Rex13
  2. #514Shelby13
  3. #514Thad13
  4. #540Watt12
  5. #540Axel12
  6. #540Basil12
  7. #540Benjaman12
  8. #576Albin11
  9. #576Aloysius11
  10. #576Benton11

Tied with 35 names at #540; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1881
Risers
  1. ↑ 467Clarance#866 → #399
  2. ↑ 429Webster#866 → #437
  3. ↑ 365Neil#781 → #416
  4. ↑ 352Cliff#866 → #514
  5. ↑ 352Elmore#866 → #514
Fallers
  1. ↓ 501Verne#442 → #943
  2. ↓ 483Newell#460 → #943
  3. ↓ 456Merritt#487 → #943
  4. ↓ 440Solon#503 → #943
  5. ↓ 395Almon#442 → #837

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1882 →