Watt

Boy · recorded 1880–1971

  • 1971last recorded
  • 1882best year

Most popular in 1882.

Last recorded in 1971. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

05310618801903192619481971

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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 56 recorded years as a table
Watt, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188063
188179
1882106
188452
188565
188841
189249
189353
189841
190241
190638
190937
191031
191212
191312
19148
191515
191612
191710
191811
191911
192014
19215
192210
19239
19249
192513
192613
19277
19289
192913
19306
19316
193211
19338
19345
19358
19375
19396
19409
19416
19427
19435
19446
19454
19474
19486
19494
19504
19523
19533
19544
19593
19612
19622
19713

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Watt isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1971
5
Rank in 1971
#4,907
How rare
1 in 353,689 boys
Since 1880
444

Watt was last recorded in 1971. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1882, at 106 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Watt doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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