Watson
3
Babies in 2024
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10-year change
2019
Peak · 16
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vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Watson
Watson is a relative newcomer in UK boys' names — first appearing in ONS records for England & Wales in 2017. In 2024, 3 boys were registered with the name.
Watson reached its peak in 2019, when 16 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #1,506 for UK boys that year. It has only been on UK records for a relatively short stretch.
Across 7 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 59 boys have been officially registered with the name Watson in England & Wales. Watson first appears on the published list in 2017 at #3,449.