Given name & surname
Watts
“the son of Walter”
Watts is a variant of Watson. One English interpretation is “the son of Walter.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Watts is a variant of Watson. One English interpretation is “the son of Walter.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Watts is a variant of Watson. An origin associated with Watson is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Watts through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 81
- 81 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,908 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,908 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 185 as a first name in 2020; 85,754 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Watts
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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