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How popular is “Watson” in the USA?

Number of people named “Watson” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Watson” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Watson” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Watson” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Watson” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Watson” by birth year

This chart shows how “Watson” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 12 0.000059558 12 -100%
1881 10 0.000051897 10 -100%
1882 21 0.000094794 21 -100%
1883 14 0.000064532 14 -100%
1884 11 0.000045182 11 -100%
1885 6 0.000024911 6 -100%
1886 5 0.000019584 5 -100%
1887 8 0.000032337 8 -100%
1888 10 0.000033392 10 -100%
1889 8 0.000027687 8 -100%
1890 12 0.000039814 12 -100%
1891 12 0.00004186 12 -100%
1892 16 0.000047851 16 -100%
1894 10 0.000029526 10 -100%
1895 12 0.000034186 12 -100%
1896 24 0.000067136 24 -100%
1897 15 0.000043233 15 -100%
1898 13 0.00003408 13 -100%
1899 12 0.000035374 12 -100%
1900 13 0.000028872 13 -100%
1901 14 0.000040484 14 -100%
1902 14 0.000036201 14 -100%
1903 7 0.000018363 7 -100%
1904 13 0.000032219 13 -100%
1905 12 0.000028307 12 -100%
1906 13 0.000030342 13 -100%
1907 9 0.000019339 9 -100%
1908 16 0.000032743 16 -100%
1909 12 0.000023473 12 -100%
1910 25 0.000042322 25 -100%
1911 21 0.000032595 21 -100%
1912 36 0.000036435 36 -100%
1913 43 0.000037815 43 -100%
1914 59 0.000041657 59 -100%
1915 72 0.000039292 72 -100%
1916 75 0.000038771 75 -100%
1917 61 0.000030397 61 -100%
1918 83 0.000038229 83 -100%
1919 68 0.000032224 68 -100%
1920 57 0.000025192 57 -100%
1921 71 0.000030413 71 -100%
1922 67 0.000029268 67 -100%
1923 58 0.00002519 58 -100%
1924 63 0.000026453 63 -100%
1925 58 0.000024857 58 -100%
1926 48 0.000020907 48 -100%
1927 52 0.00002242 52 -100%
1928 28 0.000012384 28 -100%
1929 35 0.000015966 35 -100%
1930 37 0.000016642 37 -100%
1931 46 0.000021859 46 -100%
1932 34 0.000016104 34 -100%
1933 46 0.000023006 46 -100%
1934 26 0.000012519 26 -100%
1935 33 0.00001579 33 -100%
1936 42 0.000020216 42 -100%
1937 30 0.00001408 30 -100%
1938 40 0.000018078 40 -100%
1939 41 0.000018607 41 -100%
1940 38 0.000016502 38 -100%
1941 45 0.00001847 45 -100%
1942 26 0.000009517 26 -100%
1943 34 0.000012046 34 -100%
1944 24 0.000008922 24 -100%
1945 33 0.000012439 33 -100%
1946 33 0.000010328 33 -100%
1947 36 0.000009994 36 -100%
1948 34 0.000009848 34 -100%
1949 31 0.000008896 31 -100%
1950 23 0.000006565 23 -100%
1951 28 0.000007601 28 -100%
1952 22 0.000005793 22 -100%
1953 35 0.000009082 35 -100%
1954 25 0.00000628 25 -100%
1955 31 0.000007721 31 -100%
1956 27 0.000006549 27 -100%
1957 24 0.000005711 24 -100%
1958 17 0.000004112 17 -100%
1959 18 0.000004329 18 -100%
1960 20 0.000004815 20 -100%
1961 28 0.00000676 28 -100%
1962 12 0.000002974 12 -100%
1963 22 0.000005558 22 -100%
1964 19 0.000004887 19 -100%
1965 11 0.000003034 11 -100%
1966 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1967 7 0.000002062 7 -100%
1968 13 0.000003848 13 -100%
1969 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1970 14 0.000003882 14 -100%
1971 9 0.000002622 9 -100%
1972 14 0.000004454 14 -100%
1973 14 0.000004641 14 -100%
1974 13 0.000004276 13 -100%
1975 10 0.000003312 10 -100%
1976 7 0.000002307 7 -100%
1977 10 0.000003148 10 -100%
1978 6 0.00000189 6 -100%
1979 8 0.000002405 8 -100%
1980 6 0.000001742 6 -100%
1981 11 0.00000318 11 -100%
1982 17 0.000004846 17 -100%
1983 13 0.000003754 13 -100%
1984 13 0.000003726 13 -100%
1985 15 0.000004203 15 -100%
1986 15 0.000004217 15 -100%
1987 13 0.000003605 13 -100%
1988 14 0.000003789 14 -100%
1989 12 0.000003121 12 -100%
1990 17 0.000004301 17 -100%
1991 8 0.000002054 8 -100%
1992 14 0.000003645 14 -100%
1993 14 0.000003713 14 -100%
1994 17 0.000004573 17 -100%
1995 14 0.000003823 14 -100%
1996 11 0.000003016 11 -100%
1997 16 0.000004413 16 -100%
1998 19 0.000005166 19 -100%
1999 25 0.000006768 25 -100%
2000 13 0.000003439 13 -100%
2001 18 0.000004808 18 -100%
2002 20 0.00000535 20 -100%
2003 19 0.000004997 19 -100%
2004 25 0.000006543 25 -100%
2005 33 0.000008583 33 -100%
2006 26 0.000006572 26 -100%
2007 23 0.000005753 23 -100%
2008 24 0.000006106 24 -100%
2009 18 0.000004712 18 -100%
2010 36 0.000009741 36 -100%
2011 43 0.000011756 43 -100%
2012 82 0.000022421 82 -100%
2013 62 0.000017006 62 -100%
2014 93 0.000025092 93 -100%
2015 122 0.000032965 122 -100%
2016 121 0.000032982 121 -100%
2017 198 0.000055366 198 -100%
2018 346 0.00009841 6 340 -97%
2019 367 0.000105735 5 362 -97%
2020 460 0.000137701 6 454 -97%
2021 466 0.000137546 466 -100%
2022 356 0.000105228 356 -100%
2023 306 0.000092414 306 -100%
2024 278 0.000083521 278 -100%

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