NameTides

Watson

Watson was the #1,008 boys' name in the US in 2025 (224 babies), and #1,015 in Canada.

Watson as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Watson as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Watson as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#1,008 (224)——#1,015 (25)
2024#866 (279)#5,120 (3)—#927 (27)
2023#804 (306)——#592 (45)
2022#729 (356)#3,450 (5)—#616 (43)
2021#597 (466)#3,017 (6)—#508 (57)
2020#603 (454)#1,635 (14)—#465 (61)
2019#694 (362)#1,506 (16)—#633 (41)
2018#713 (340)#2,112 (10)—#653 (39)
2017#1,020 (198)#3,449 (5)—#1,074 (20)
2016#1,433 (121)——#1,346 (14)
2015#1,406 (122)——#2,139 (7)
2014#1,657 (93)——#1,778 (9)
2013#2,139 (62)——#1,926 (8)
2012#1,799 (82)———
2011#2,748 (43)——#1,944 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #597.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,600 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 7,600uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 6,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Watson is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,900 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 8,100 to 1 in 9,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Watson by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #437WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #898WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #640MNIllinois: #1,023ILMichigan: #905MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #448IAIndiana: #773INOhio: #750OHPennsylvania: #1,094PANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,471CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #626CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #789MOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #971VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #927TNNorth Carolina: #873NCSouth Carolina: #668SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: #672LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #622ALGeorgia: #792GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,094TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Watson (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,03310

Watson (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
WatsonCanadaBoys#1,01525
WatsonEngland & WalesBoys—too few
WatsonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
WatsonScotlandBoys—too few
WatsonUSGirls#14,9425
WatsonUSBoys#1,008224