Boy · #1008 in 2025

Watson

Watson: popularity and trends since 1880

Rank
#1008
Born 2025
224
Peak year
2021

Popularity, 1880–2025

per 100,000 boys born

Watson per 100,000 boys born, by year. Peak: 2021. Gaps are years with fewer than five births, which SSA does not publish. Source: SSA, 1880–2025.

Recent trend

Watson has been rising: its share of boys born has grown over the last 10 years. It now stands at 49% of its 2021 peak.

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Sounds good with

Names of the other sex that are about as common right now, so two siblings' names do not sound a generation apart.