Watie — boys' name
13 babies named Watie in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Watie was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Watie in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Watie
The Social Security Administration has registered 13 babies named Watie between 1920 and 1926, spanning 7 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Watie currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1926. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Watie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Oklahoma, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Watie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Watie in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 13 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Watie at a glance
Last recorded 1926Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Watie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1926–1920
- Peak year (1920)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 7 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1926.
13 total births across 7 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 7 births in a single year.
Watie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 13 births that decade — 100% of Watie's all-time total
Watie decade highlights
- Peak decade 13 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Watie's strongest decade
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Watie by state
Where Watie concentrates geographically — total births since 1920
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Oklahoma | | 11 | 84.6% |
11 of 13 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Oklahoma 84.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Oklahoma accounts for 84.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1920–1926 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.