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.

Watt

#7,800 most common boys' name of all time · #19,634 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–1971

Rank among boys
#7,800
Rank overall
#19,634 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
444
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1920 #2,139
Best rank
#571 1882
Girls Boys peak 15/yr
18801900192019401960

Watt 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
1971 — 5 5 #4,938
1962 — 5 5 #4,070
1961 — 5 5 #4,102
1959 — 6 6 #3,643
1954 — 8 8 #2,962
1953 — 5 5 #3,841
1952 — 6 6 #3,398
1950 — 8 8 #2,796
1949 — 7 7 #3,036
1948 — 10 10 #2,461
1947 — 8 8 #2,885
1945 — 5 5 #3,379
1944 — 8 8 #2,662
1943 — 7 7 #2,981
1942 — 9 9 #2,544
1941 — 7 7 #2,893
1940 — 10 10 #2,344
1939 — 7 7 #2,857
1937 — 5 5 #3,553
1935 — 8 8 #2,740
1934 — 5 5 #3,712
1933 — 8 8 #2,759
1932 — 11 11 #2,328
1931 — 6 6 #3,408
1930 — 7 7 #3,305
1929 — 14 14 #2,106
1928 — 10 10 #2,672
1927 — 8 8 #3,174
1926 — 14 14 #2,201
1925 — 15 15 #2,102
1924 — 10 10 #2,838
1923 — 10 10 #2,788
1922 — 11 11 #2,649
1921 — 6 6 #3,894
1920 — 15 15 #2,139
1919 — 11 11 #2,529
1918 — 11 11 #2,561
1917 — 9 9 #2,747
1916 — 11 11 #2,409
1915 — 13 13 #2,083
1914 — 5 5 #3,286
1913 — 6 6 #2,523
1912 — 5 5 #2,569
1910 — 6 6 #1,454
1909 — 6 6 #1,311
1906 — 5 5 #1,287
1902 — 5 5 #1,175
1898 — 5 5 #1,167
1893 — 6 6 #950
1892 — 6 6 #992
1888 — 5 5 #1,069
1885 — 7 7 #801
1884 — 6 6 #893
1882 — 12 12 #571
1881 — 8 8 #680
1880 — 7 7 #806