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Watts

#11,904 in 2025Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Watts has been given to 81 babies in the U.S. since 1914. In 2025 it ranked #11,904 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Watts, 2025

1 in 553,000

Watts over time, 1880–2025

Boys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Watts: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Watts means

Watts is a given name.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Patronymic surname from the Middle English given name Wat, derived from Walter, equivalent to Watt + -s.

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Origin, language, and formation

Watts is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 81 boys were recorded with the name Watts between 1914 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2023; its best national rank was #3,247 in 1914.

Over 10 years its rank fell, from #10,566 in 2015 to #11,904 in 2025.

How common is Watts?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 553,000
6 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 285,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#11,904
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Watts sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Watts. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Wattss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Watts was born before 2017 — so the typical Watts is around 8 today.

Median birth year
2017
About 8 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
33.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
76.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
67
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Choose a decade

2020s — 33.3% of all recorded uses (27).

Is Watts rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
—
Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,338
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.86×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
46.2%
Peak was 2023 (13)
Years since peak
2
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
31.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,247
1914

Spellings of Watts

Watts is not the most common spelling — Wyatt is, with 88.5% against Watts's 0.03%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Watts by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#11,904
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#3,247
1914
Peak year
2023
13 that year
First recorded
1914
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
81
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Watts

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Watts

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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