Watson

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #1,008in 2025
  • 1 in 7,625boys in 2025
  • +106%last ten years
  • 3.2×in Minnesota

Most popular in 2021, and up 106% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

013326618801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 145 recorded years as a table
Watson, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880109
188199
1882185
1883134
188496
188556
188645
188779
188883
188972
1890108
1891119
1892131
189486
1895102
1896201
1897133
1898106
1899113
190086
1901131
1902114
190359
1904101
190591
190698
190761
1908104
190973
1910129
191193
191284
191384
191490
191585
191684
191766
191882
191969
192054
192164
192262
192353
192456
192552
192643
192746
192825
192933
193034
193144
193233
193346
193425
193532
193640
193728
193836
193937
194033
194137
194219
194324
194418
194525
194620
194720
194819
194917
195013
195114
195211
195318
195412
195515
195613
195711
19588
19598
19609
196113
19626
196311
196410
19656
19666
19674
19687
19696
19708
19715
19729
19739
19748
19756
19764
19776
19784
19795
19803
19816
19829
19837
19847
19858
19868
19877
19887
19896
19908
19914
19927
19937
19949
19957
19966
19978
199810
199913
20007
20019
200210
200310
200413
200517
200613
200711
200812
20099
201019
201123
201243
201333
201448
201564
201664
2017107
2018187
2019202
2020263
2021266
2022204
2023179
2024162
2025131

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Minnesota 3.2×
  2. Wisconsin 3.1×
  3. Missouri 2.5×
  4. Alabama 2.4×
  5. Tennessee 1.8×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
224
Rank in 2025
#1,008
How rare
1 in 7,625 boys
Since 1880
6,699

Most popular in 2021, at 266 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 106% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Minnesota3.2×36
Wisconsin3.1×34
Missouri2.5×32
Alabama2.4×25
Tennessee1.8×31

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.