Boys' name · since 1914
Watts
Watts has 81 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,838 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,781 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 81
- born since 1914
- 2020s
- peak decade
81 babies have been named Watts since 1914, making it today's #10781 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Watts has been recorded 81 times among boys since 1914, currently ranked #10781 nationally and more common than 23% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2025.
- #18,838 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,781 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 81 born since 1914
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Watts ranks #18,838 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,781 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 81 born since 1914, peaking in the 2020s.
- #18,838 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,781 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 81
- born since 1914
- 2020s
- peak decade
Watts's 81 recorded births place it above 58.57% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Watts compares
81 23rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Watts's all-time total is 78% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Watts | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 81 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Watts's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Watts's full recorded timeline at 2017, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1951, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Watts popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 112 years of records
Watts by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (27 births, 33% of the file).
2020s was Watts's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Watts births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
14 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
25 births
- 2020s
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 27 births (33% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1914–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Watts draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.