Boys' name · since 2019
Wattson
Since 2019, U.S. Social Security records show 57 babies named Wattson, peaking in 2020. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,310 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,736 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 57
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
Wattson currently ranks #11736 among boys' names in America, with 57 babies recorded since 2019.
Wattson has 57 recorded births among boys since 2019, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11736 as of the latest data, more common than 16% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2019 to 2025.
- #21,310 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,736 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 57 born since 2019
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wattson ranks #21,310 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,736 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 57 born since 2019, peaking in the 2020s.
- #21,310 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,736 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 57
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
Wattson's 57 recorded births place it above 53.13% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Wattson compares
57 18th 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
Wattson's all-time total is 85% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Wattson | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 57 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Wattson's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Wattson's SSA record in two at 2022 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2019, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2020 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Wattson popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Wattson by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (52 births, 91% of the file).
2020s was Wattson's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 91% of all-time use.
Wattson births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
52 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 52 births (91% 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, 2019–2025 (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 Wattson 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.