Watson is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2021 and has grown less common since.
Watson is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,011 among boys (224) and #17,124 among girls (5) — overall #2,031 across all names. The charts below show girls and boys separately.
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 229 | 229 | #17,124 | #1,011 |
| 2024 | 279 | 279 | — | #868 |
| 2023 | 306 | 306 | — | #805 |
| 2022 | 356 | 356 | — | #729 |
| 2021 | 466 | 466 | — | #597 |
| 2020 | 460 | 460 | #14,979 | #603 |
| 2019 | 367 | 367 | #17,842 | #697 |
| 2018 | 346 | 346 | #15,577 | #715 |
| 2017 | 198 | 198 | — | #1,022 |
| 2016 | 121 | 121 | — | #1,442 |
| 2015 | 122 | 122 | — | #1,414 |
| 2014 | 93 | 93 | — | #1,668 |
| 2013 | 62 | 62 | — | #2,162 |
| 2012 | 82 | 82 | — | #1,813 |
| 2011 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 36 | 36 | — | #3,178 |
| 2009 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,312 |
| 2008 | 24 | 24 | — | #4,259 |
| 2007 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,363 |
| 2006 | 26 | 26 | — | #3,882 |
| 2005 | 33 | 33 | — | #3,169 |
| 2004 | 25 | 25 | — | #3,730 |
| 2003 | 19 | 19 | — | #4,414 |
| 2002 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 18 | 18 | — | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 13 | 13 | — | #5,568 |
| 1999 | 25 | 25 | — | #3,274 |
| 1998 | 19 | 19 | — | #3,841 |
| 1997 | 16 | — | — | #4,238 |
| 1996 | 11 | — | — | #5,522 |
| 1995 | 14 | — | — | #4,500 |
| 1994 | 17 | — | — | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 14 | — | — | #4,439 |
| 1992 | 14 | — | — | #4,314 |
| 1991 | 8 | — | — | #6,506 |
| 1990 | 17 | — | — | #3,597 |
| 1989 | 12 | — | — | #4,513 |
| 1988 | 14 | — | — | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 13 | — | — | #3,717 |
| 1986 | 15 | — | — | #3,263 |
| 1985 | 15 | — | — | #3,212 |
| 1984 | 13 | — | — | #3,453 |
| 1983 | 13 | — | — | #3,403 |
| 1982 | 17 | — | — | #2,828 |
| 1981 | 11 | — | — | #3,847 |
| 1980 | 6 | — | — | #6,217 |
| 1979 | 8 | — | — | #4,832 |
| 1978 | 6 | — | — | #5,754 |
| 1977 | 10 | — | — | #3,831 |
| 1976 | 7 | — | — | #4,919 |
| 1975 | 10 | — | — | #3,653 |
| 1974 | 13 | — | — | #2,941 |
| 1973 | 14 | — | — | #2,713 |
| 1972 | 14 | — | — | #2,653 |
| 1971 | 9 | — | — | #3,653 |
| 1970 | 14 | — | — | #2,618 |
| 1969 | 11 | — | — | #2,855 |
| 1968 | 13 | — | — | #2,442 |
| 1967 | 7 | — | — | #3,548 |
| 1966 | 11 | — | — | #2,623 |
| 1965 | 11 | — | — | #2,612 |
| 1964 | 19 | — | — | #1,897 |
| 1963 | 22 | — | — | #1,743 |
| 1962 | 12 | — | — | #2,499 |
| 1961 | 28 | — | — | #1,550 |
| 1960 | 20 | — | — | #1,855 |
| 1959 | 18 | — | — | #1,973 |
| 1958 | 17 | — | — | #2,023 |
| 1957 | 24 | — | — | #1,670 |
| 1956 | 27 | — | — | #1,531 |
| 1955 | 31 | — | — | #1,394 |
| 1954 | 25 | — | — | #1,557 |
| 1953 | 35 | — | — | #1,279 |
| 1952 | 22 | — | — | #1,663 |
| 1951 | 27 | — | — | #1,460 |
| 1950 | 24 | — | — | #1,535 |
| 1949 | 31 | — | — | #1,320 |
| 1948 | 34 | — | — | #1,255 |
| 1947 | 36 | — | — | #1,231 |
| 1946 | 33 | — | — | #1,235 |
| 1945 | 33 | — | — | #1,162 |
| 1944 | 24 | — | — | #1,398 |
| 1943 | 34 | — | — | #1,186 |
| 1942 | 26 | — | — | #1,379 |
| 1941 | 45 | — | — | #959 |
| 1940 | 38 | — | — | #1,064 |
| 1939 | 41 | — | — | #1,006 |
| 1938 | 40 | — | — | #1,027 |
| 1937 | 30 | — | — | #1,232 |
| 1936 | 42 | — | — | #970 |
| 1935 | 33 | — | — | #1,163 |
| 1934 | 26 | — | — | #1,355 |
| 1933 | 46 | — | — | #935 |
| 1932 | 34 | — | — | #1,174 |
| 1931 | 46 | — | — | #982 |
| 1930 | 37 | — | — | #1,171 |
| 1929 | 35 | — | — | #1,192 |
| 1928 | 28 | — | — | #1,412 |
| 1927 | 52 | — | — | #980 |
| 1926 | 48 | — | — | #1,008 |
| 1925 | 58 | — | — | #889 |
| 1924 | 63 | — | — | #870 |
| 1923 | 58 | — | — | #904 |
| 1922 | 67 | — | — | #838 |
| 1921 | 71 | — | — | #813 |
| 1920 | 57 | — | — | #922 |
| 1919 | 68 | — | — | #788 |
| 1918 | 83 | — | — | #691 |
| 1917 | 61 | — | — | #819 |
| 1916 | 75 | — | — | #689 |
| 1915 | 72 | — | — | #689 |
| 1914 | 59 | — | — | #666 |
| 1913 | 43 | — | — | #710 |
| 1912 | 36 | — | — | #724 |
| 1911 | 21 | — | — | #705 |
| 1910 | 25 | — | — | #581 |
| 1909 | 12 | — | — | #889 |
| 1908 | 16 | — | — | #684 |
| 1907 | 9 | — | — | #996 |
| 1906 | 13 | — | — | #708 |
| 1905 | 12 | — | — | #739 |
| 1904 | 13 | — | — | #683 |
| 1903 | 7 | — | — | #1,002 |
| 1902 | 14 | — | — | #614 |
| 1901 | 14 | — | — | #556 |
| 1900 | 13 | — | — | #734 |
| 1899 | 12 | — | — | #611 |
| 1898 | 13 | — | — | #633 |
| 1897 | 15 | — | — | #553 |
| 1896 | 24 | — | — | #406 |
| 1895 | 12 | — | — | #639 |
| 1894 | 10 | — | — | #727 |
| 1892 | 16 | — | — | #523 |
| 1891 | 12 | — | — | #561 |
| 1890 | 12 | — | — | #600 |
| 1889 | 8 | — | — | #785 |
| 1888 | 10 | — | — | #701 |
| 1887 | 8 | — | — | #747 |
| 1886 | 5 | — | — | #1,099 |
| 1885 | 6 | — | — | #932 |
| 1884 | 11 | — | — | #607 |
| 1883 | 14 | — | — | #496 |
| 1882 | 21 | — | — | #397 |
| 1881 | 10 | — | — | #591 |
| 1880 | 12 | — | — | #566 |