Wattson — #8883 US boys' name
51 babies named Wattson in U.S. Social Security records since 2019, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 38% of names given to boys today.
90% of everyone ever named Wattson was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Wattson in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wattson
The Social Security Administration has registered 51 babies named Wattson between 2019 and 2024, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wattson currently holds the #8883 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wattson performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 46 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Wattson shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wattson 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 51 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.
Wattson at a glance
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Current rank
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Wattson popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2019
- Peak year (2020)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
Currently ranks #8883 among boys.
51 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 13 births in a single year.
Wattson by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 46 births that decade — 90% of Wattson's all-time total
Wattson decade highlights
- Peak decade 46 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Wattson's strongest decade
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 90% of all-time use.
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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, 2019–2024 (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.