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.

Watson

#1,457 most common boys' name of all time · #3,514 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#1,457
Rank overall
#3,514 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
145 of 146
All-time
6,721
Since 2016
3,128
Peak year
2021 #597
Best rank
#398 1882
Girls Boys peak 466/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Watson is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 5 224 229 #1,008
2024 — 279 279 #867
2023 — 306 306 #804
2022 — 356 356 #729
2021 — 466 466 #597
2020 6 454 460 #603
2019 5 362 367 #695
2018 6 340 346 #713
2017 — 198 198 #1,020
2016 — 121 121 #1,433
2015 — 122 122 #1,408
2014 — 93 93 #1,658
2013 — 62 62 #2,142
2012 — 82 82 #1,799
2011 — 43 43 #2,749
2010 — 36 36 #3,130
2009 — 18 18 #5,105
2008 — 24 24 #4,148
2007 — 23 23 #4,244
2006 — 26 26 #3,784
2005 — 33 33 #3,094
2004 — 25 25 #3,637
2003 — 19 19 #4,277
2002 — 20 20 #4,047
2001 — 18 18 #4,305
2000 — 13 13 #5,304
1999 — 25 25 #3,184
1998 — 19 19 #3,711
1997 — 16 16 #4,066
1996 — 11 11 #5,196
1995 — 14 14 #4,295
1994 — 17 17 #3,760
1993 — 14 14 #4,239
1992 — 14 14 #4,120
1991 — 8 8 #5,955
1990 — 17 17 #3,472
1989 — 12 12 #4,282
1988 — 14 14 #3,535
1987 — 13 13 #3,532
1986 — 15 15 #3,136
1985 — 15 15 #3,076
1984 — 13 13 #3,274
1983 — 13 13 #3,236
1982 — 17 17 #2,718
1981 — 11 11 #3,612
1980 — 6 6 #5,550
1979 — 8 8 #4,417
1978 — 6 6 #5,073
1977 — 10 10 #3,620
1976 — 7 7 #4,441
1975 — 10 10 #3,436
1974 — 13 13 #2,804
1973 — 14 14 #2,611
1972 — 14 14 #2,545
1971 — 9 9 #3,388
1970 — 14 14 #2,519
1969 — 11 11 #2,693
1968 — 13 13 #2,326
1967 — 7 7 #3,246
1966 — 11 11 #2,477
1965 — 11 11 #2,484
1964 — 19 19 #1,854
1963 — 22 22 #1,699
1962 — 12 12 #2,380
1961 — 28 28 #1,523
1960 — 20 20 #1,813
1959 — 18 18 #1,922
1958 — 17 17 #1,963
1957 — 24 24 #1,638
1956 — 27 27 #1,515
1955 — 31 31 #1,375
1954 — 25 25 #1,525
1953 — 35 35 #1,263
1952 — 22 22 #1,622
1951 — 27 27 #1,432
1950 — 24 24 #1,502
1949 — 31 31 #1,300
1948 — 34 34 #1,231
1947 — 36 36 #1,218
1946 — 33 33 #1,220
1945 — 33 33 #1,142
1944 — 24 24 #1,375
1943 — 34 34 #1,171
1942 — 26 26 #1,362
1941 — 45 45 #953
1940 — 38 38 #1,053
1939 — 41 41 #995
1938 — 40 40 #1,013
1937 — 30 30 #1,216
1936 — 42 42 #953
1935 — 33 33 #1,149
1934 — 26 26 #1,327
1933 — 46 46 #930
1932 — 34 34 #1,157
1931 — 46 46 #977
1930 — 37 37 #1,153
1929 — 35 35 #1,176
1928 — 28 28 #1,384
1927 — 52 52 #968
1926 — 48 48 #998
1925 — 58 58 #884
1924 — 63 63 #868
1923 — 58 58 #898
1922 — 67 67 #833
1921 — 71 71 #806
1920 — 57 57 #912
1919 — 68 68 #784
1918 — 83 83 #688
1917 — 61 61 #807
1916 — 75 75 #685
1915 — 72 72 #685
1914 — 59 59 #663
1913 — 43 43 #704
1912 — 36 36 #717
1911 — 21 21 #694
1910 — 25 25 #575
1909 — 12 12 #854
1908 — 16 16 #669
1907 — 9 9 #945
1906 — 13 13 #688
1905 — 12 12 #710
1904 — 13 13 #663
1903 — 7 7 #935
1902 — 14 14 #597
1901 — 14 14 #548
1900 — 13 13 #712
1899 — 12 12 #599
1898 — 13 13 #624
1897 — 15 15 #532
1896 — 24 24 #403
1895 — 12 12 #623
1894 — 10 10 #692
1892 — 16 16 #515
1891 — 12 12 #546
1890 — 12 12 #585
1889 — 8 8 #749
1888 — 10 10 #665
1887 — 8 8 #698
1886 — 5 5 #982
1885 — 6 6 #850
1884 — 11 11 #589
1883 — 14 14 #491
1882 — 21 21 #398
1881 — 10 10 #574
1880 — 12 12 #566